Pishey Thompson

Pishey Thompson (1784–1862) was an English publisher and antiquarian writer, known as a historian of Boston, Lincolnshire. He spent the years 1819 to 1846 in the United States.

Life Thompson was born at Peachey Hall, Freiston, near Boston, Lincolnshire. He went to work as a bank clerk in Boston. In 1811–12 he ran The Enquirer, or Literary, Mathematical, and Philosophical Repository, from Boston with William Marrat.

Emigrating to America in 1819, Thompson was in business as a bookseller and publisher on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington. There he became acquainted with Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, and other leading figures.

Thompson returned to England in 1846. He died at Stoke Newington on 25 September 1862, and was buried at Abney Park cemetery.

Family Thompson was married to Jane Tonge, but had no children by her; she published a volume of verse. He fathered an illegitimate son, John Wright (born 1824), by Mary Wright, daughter of Richard Wright.