Brief Life History of Silvanus Phillips
When Silvanus Phillips Thompson was born on 19 June 1851, in York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Silvanus Thompson, was 33 and his mother, Bridget Tatham, was 25. He married Jane Smeal Thompson on 30 March 1881. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Haslemere, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died on 12 June 1916, at the age of 64.
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- Silvanus Thompson in household of Silvanus Thompson, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Silvanus Thompson, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Silvanus P Thompson, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected
George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1877 · Trial of Detectives
The Trial of Detective, also known as the Turf Fraud Scandal, was a scandal involving 3 senior Scotland Yard detectives. It was a scam involving bets made on horse races.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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