George Thomson (25 March 1815 – 29 June 1866) was a Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder, born at Partick, Glasgow. He served his apprenticeship with...
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and pamphleteer George Thomson (musician) (1757–1851), Scottish musician; collector of the music of Scotland George Thomson (shipbuilder) (1815–1866), Scottish...
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John Brown & Company (redirect from John Brown (shipbuilder))
from J & G Thomson, and embarked on a new phase in its history, as a shipbuilder. The Director at this stage was John Gibb Dunlop from Thomsons, who took...
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Lord Kelvin (redirect from William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin)
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer...
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George Morgan Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth, KT, PC, DL, FRSE (16 January 1921 – 3 October 2008) was a British politician and journalist who served...
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1884-86 James Thomson, LLD, FRS, Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Glasgow 1886-87 William Denny, Shipbuilder, Dumbarton...
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MacFarlane (1857–1944), of MacFarlane Lang Biscuits John Macgregor, shipbuilder George Matheson, D.D. Blind, Minister in Free Scotland Church, prolific writer...
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Montgomerie Neilson and his mother was Jane Thomson, daughter of George Thomson, the famous Glasgow shipbuilder. He attended Merchiston Castle School. He...
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22 January – William Brodie, sculptor (died 1881) 25 March – George Thomson, shipbuilder (died 1866) 1 April – William Chalmers Burns, evangelical missionary...
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founder of Edinburgh Veterinary College (born 1793) 29 June – George Thomson, shipbuilder (born 1815) 21 August – Benjamin Blyth, civil engineer (born...
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