Florence Davy Thompson

Florence Davy Thompson (; 1865–1915) was an English-born Canadian biologist, artist and the founding librarian at the University of Manitoba.

Early life

She was born on 13 September 1865 to Samuel Lucas and Florence Davy in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where her father owned a brewery. Her mother was the daughter of the American consul in Leeds, and arranged for her own daughter to receive a superb education from a private tutor, William Dawson.

The faculty of the university were anxious to establish a library and, in 1905 Vincent was asked to lead that effort.

Thompson died suddenly of appendicitis in 1915. At the time of her death the library's collection had expanded to over 7,500 works. The man who would be hired to replace her as university librarian in 1916 was paid $2,000.