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88 -'6, and has published "Songs in the Night" (Boston, 1845) ; " Young Martyrs " (2d ed., 1848) ; "Lambs Fed'' (1849; translation into Mahrathi, Bombay, 1853) ; " Last Hours " (1851) ; " The Poor Widow, a Memorial of Mrs. Anna J. Waters" (1854 ; translation into Tamil, Jaffua, Cevlon, 1855) ; " The Better Land " (1854) ; " The Yoke in Youth : a Memorial of H. M. Hill " (1856) ; " Gath- ered Lilies" (1858); "Eliot Sabbath-School Me- morial " (1859) ; " Morning Hours in Patmos " (1860) ; "Lyra Ccelestis " (1863) ; " The Mercy-Seat " (1863) ; " Our Little Ones " (1867) ; " Christus Con- solator" (1867); "Seeds and Sheaves" (1868); " Discourse Commemorative of Rev. iiufus Ander- son, D. D. " (1880) ; " Moravian Missions " (New York, 1882); "Happy New Year" (1883); and " Future Probation and Foreign Missions."

THOMPSON, Cephas artist, b. in Middlebor- ough, Mass., 1 July, 1775; d. there, 6 Nov., 1856. His profession was that of a portrait-painter, and he made yearly tours in the south, painting in all the cities from Philadelphia to New Orleans. When about fifty years of age, he settled in his home in Middleborough. Among his portraits were those of John Marshall, Stephen Decatur, David Ramsay of South Carolina, John Howard Payne, and George Washington Parke Custis, who was his pupil. — His son, Cephas Giovanni, artist, b. in Middle- borough, Mass., 3 Aug., 1809; d. in New York city, 5 Jan., 1888, had some instruction from his father, but was comparatively self-taught. At the age of nineteen he began to paint portraits in Plym- outh, Mass., and two years later he was working in Boston. During 1837-'47 he was in New York, and in 1852 he went to Europe, where he spent seven years in Rome. During this period he painted numerous Italian subjects, and executed some ad- mirable copies of the old masters, notably one of " Beatrice Cenci." While in Italy he was intimate with Nathaniel Hawthorne, who complimented him in the " Marble Faun." In 1860 he settled in New York, and he was elected an associate of ^he Na- tional academy the following year. Before going abroad he painted the portraits of Henry W. Long- fellow, Charles Fenno Hoffman (owned by the New York historical society), William Cullen Bryant, and other well-known authors. His portrait of Hawthorne has been engraved. Other works by him are " The Guardian Angels." " Prospero and Miranda," " St. Peter delivered from Prison," and " Spring and Autumn." — His two sons, who died before him, were Hubert Ogden, commissioner of public works, New York city, and Edmund Francis, captain in the U. S. army. — Another son of Cephas, Jerome, b. in Middleborough, Mass., 30 Jan., 1814; d. in Glen Gardner, N. J., 1 May, 1886, had also little or no regular instruction in art. He displayed artistic tastes at an early age, painted portraits for several years at Cape Cod, and at the age of seventeen went to New York, where he after- ward lived and always had his studio. In 1852 he went to Europe, where he remained two years. He Eainted both landscapes and figures with success, is best -known works being "Reminiscences of Mount Mansfield," "The Old Oaken Bucket," " Home, Sweet Home," " Woodman, spare that Tree," " Hiawatha's Homeward Journey with Minnehaha," "The Home of My Childhood," "Com- in' thro' the Rye," "The Land of Beulah," and "The Voice of the Great Spirit." Most of his works were never exhibited by him, but several of them have become well known to the public through engravings and chromos. Some of the finest of his latest works are in Paris, and others are in England.

THOMPSON, Charles C. B., naval officer, b. in Virginia in 1786 ; d. in Hot Springs, Va., 2 Sept., 1832. He entered the navy as a midshipman, 22 Dec, 1802, and was promoted to lieutenant, 15 Feb.,. 1809. During the war of 1812 he rendered distin- guished service in the defence of New Orleans,, where he commanded the ship " Louisiana," 8 Jan.,. 1815. He was promoted to master-commandant, 27 April, 1816, served at Philadelphia navy-yard in 1816-'17, commanded the frigate " Guerriere " in the Mediterranean squadron in 1818-'20, and was on shore duty at Philadelphia and Boston in 1821-'6. He was promoted captain, 3 March. 1825, and com- manded the Pacific squadron in 1828-'31.

THOMPSON, Charles Lemuel, clergyman, b. in Cooperstown, Lehigh co., Pa., 18 Aug., 1839. He was graduated at Carroll college, Wis., in 1858,. and at McCormick theological seminary, Chicago, in 1861, after spending two years (1859-'60) in Princeton seminary. He then entered the Pres- byterian ministry, and after holding pastorates in Juneau and Janesville, Wis., Cincinnati, Ohio,. Chicago, 111., Pittsburg, Pa., and Kansas City, Mo. r was called in 1888 to the Madison avenue church in New York city. He received the degree of D. D. from Monmouth college, 111., in 1876, and in May, 1888, was moderator of the general assembly of his church in Philadelphia. Dr. Thompson was editor of " Our Monthly " in Cincinnati in 1870-'l, and in 1879-'82 of "The Interior" at Chicago, with which he is still connected as an editorial writer. Besides contributions in prose and verse to current literature, he has published " Times of Refreshing: a History of American Revivals " (Chicago, 1877).

THOMPSON, Charles Oliver, educator, b. in East Windsor Hill, Conn., 25 Sept., 1836; d. in Terre Haute, Ind., 17 March, 1885. He was gradu- ated at Dartmouth in 1858, and then taught in the Peacham academy for six years except during a- part of 1860-'l, when he devoted himself to prac- tical work as a surveyor and civil engineer in Piermont, N. Y. Tn 1864 he became principal of the Cotting public high-school in Arlington, Mass. He was chosen principal of the Worcester free in- stitute of industrial science in 1868. and, besides holding the chair of chemistry, was charged with the development of a scientific and practical course of instruction which had no recognized type in this country. After spending eight months in Europe in visiting similar institutions he returned to Worcester and established the course that has since prevailed in that institution. In founding the Rose polytechnic institute, the different tech- nical schools of the country were carefully studied by its founder, Chauncey Rose, and the plan of the Worcester institute was given the preference. Ac- cordingly, in 1883 Mr. Thompson was called to the presidency of the new institute, and continued to hold that place until his death. The degree of Ph. D. was conferred on him in 1870 by Dartmouth, and he was a member of scientific societies, includ- ing the American association for the advancement of science and the American institute of mining engineers. He was the author of numerous papers on technical instruction.

THOMPSON, Daniel Pierce, author, b. in Charlestown (now a part of Boston), Mass., 1 Oct., 1793 ; d. in Montpelier, Vt., 6 June, 1868. He was the grandson of Daniel, who was a cousin of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, and was killed at the battle of Lexington. He was brought up on a farm, prepared himself for college under difficulties, taught for one winter, and then entered Middlebury college, where he was graduated in 1820. Going to Virginia as a family tutor, he