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Having from childhood been much interested in natural 

 science, he soon became attracted to the Academy, and joined it 

 at Lawrence in 1873, and ever since has been a devoted mem- 

 ber. At that early day the noble men who were the founders 

 were the active members — Professors Mudge, Parker, Frazer, 

 Snow, and others, who were just in their prime — and furnished 

 a program that was a delight to an enthusiastic amateur. In 

 1883 he was elected president of the Academy, and gave an 

 address on its history. All through the long years since then 

 he has taken an affectionate interest in it, and cherished as one 

 of the most precious memories of his life the friendships 

 formed there. 



He has been a contributor to the Transactions upon anthro- 

 pological and evolution subjects. He wrote also extensively 

 for dental and medical journals on professional subjects — com- 

 parative dental anatomy, and the connection of anthropology 

 and evolution with his profession. He was the author of a 

 small textbook on comparative dental anatomy for dental stu- 

 dents. He also wrote some articles on anthropological subjects 

 for dental journals. 



He is a fellow of the A. A. A. S. ; one of the founders of the 

 American Anthropological Association ; member of the Amer- 

 ican Folk Lore Society, the National Dental Association, the 

 American Medical Association, of two International Dental 

 Congresses, of the Society of Americanists of Europe, and of 

 various state and other dental societies. 



In 1875 he married Miss Fannie Geiger, who died in 1903. 

 Two children were born — Isabel, who died in 1897, aged 17, 

 and a son, Wallace. Doctor Thompson was married in 1906 to 

 Miss Helen Moon. 



Doctor Thompson has been a prolific writer for dental jour- 

 nals, an essayist before various dental societies, mainly on 

 topics relating to his specialty of comparative dental anatomy, 

 on which subject he wrote a textbook, "Comparative Dental 

 Anatomy," for dental students, which was published in 1899 by 

 the S. S. WTiite Dental Manufacturing Company. This book is 

 now being revised by Dr. Martin Dewey, and will be published 

 during the summer. 



Following this, with his other hobbies, archfeologj^ and an- 

 thropology. Doctor Thompson has carried his studies of the 

 comparative anatomy of the teeth to the different races, and 

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