About Florence Frankland Thomson
Lived 1885 – 1939 (aged 53). Florence Frankland Thomson was a British chess player and insurance broker.
Florence Frankland Thomson (8 December 1885 – 2 July 1939, born Florence Frankland Wilson) was a Scottish chess master. She was Women's World Chess Championship participant. She was a six-times winner the Scottish Women's Chess Championship (1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937).
Early life She was born in Glasgow in 1885.
Career In the 1920s Thomson joined Glasgow Ladies' Chess Club. She was champion of the club on several occasions. Thomson also was Glasgow Ladies' Chess Club president but only a few weeks before her death she was elected vice-president for the second time. Thomson was also champion of Glasgow Polytechnic Chess Club on two occasions. She six times participated and each time won the Scottish Women's Chess Championships: 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1937.
Thomson was the first female insurance broker in Scotland.
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Who was Florence Frankland Thomson?
Scottish chess player (1885-1939)
When was Florence Frankland Thomson born?
Florence Frankland Thomson was born on 8 December 1885 in Glasgow.
When did Florence Frankland Thomson die?
Florence Frankland Thomson died on 2 July 1939 in Glasgow.
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Florence Frankland Thomson was a chess player and insurance broker.
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Florence Frankland Thomson was British.
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