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Mrs. Thompson, three daughters and a son — all 

 grown up — survive him. The portrait at the beginning 

 of this Memoir is from a photograph by his son, Edwin 

 Thompson, taken in 1895. 



The progress of Natural History investigation in this 

 district during the last quarter of the nineteenth century 

 will ever be connected with a few names, such as H. H. 

 Higgins, T. J. Moore, and Frank Archer ; and amongst 

 that little band of workers — some others of whom are 

 happily still with us — the name of Isaac Thompson holds 

 an honourable position. His loss will be keenly felt both 

 by many in Liverpool, where his work chiefly lay, and also 

 by the large number of scientific men throughout the 

 country who were his personal friends, and had learned to 

 appreciate, not only his scientific knowledge and skill, but 

 also his honest, fearless, upright character and his bright 

 and sympathetic loving nature. The loss to science is 

 great, the loss to Liverpool of the man doing his duty 

 nobly and full of good works is greater still ; and of the 

 loss to those who were privileged to enjoy his friendship, 

 or to be united with him by still closer ties, it is impossible 

 to 



