George Thompson (engineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Thompson (engineer)

British engineer active in Paraguay

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1839

Place of Birth: Greenwich, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Feb-1876

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Nationality: Paraguay

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Teniente-Coronel George Thompson (1839-1876) was an English engineer, and was in charge of the Paraguayan military engineering in the Paraguayan War.
He was the author of an important source on its history.
Because of his efforts and the valour of the ordinary Paraguayans, the Allies (the Brazilian Empire, Argentina and Uruguay) found it much harder to defeat Paraguay than they had imagined.