Henry Francis Herbert Thompson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHenry Francis Herbert Thompson
British egyptologist
Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1859
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 26-May-1944
Profession: egyptologist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Henry Francis Herbert Thompson
- Sir Henry Francis Herbert Thompson, 2nd Baronet (2 April 1859 – 26 May 1944) was a British Egyptologist. Henry Thompson was born in London on 2 April 1859, the son of Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet and Kate Fanny Loder, the English composer and pianist.
- He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
- After careers in medicine and law (he was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1878 and called to the bar in 1882), he became interested in Egyptology.
- He was a lecturer and fellow at University College London, and chairman of the Golders Green Crematorium.
- There is a chair established in his name at Cambridge University; the Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology. He died on 26 May 1944 in Bath.
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