About William Hanna Thomson
Lived 1833 – 1918 (aged 84–85). William Hanna Thomson was an American writer and physician.
William Hanna Thomson (1833 – January 18, 1918) was an American physician and Christian writer.
Biography
Thomson was born in Beirut. He was the son of missionary William McClure Thomson. He was educated in the United States and obtained his B.A. from Wabash College (1850), M.D. from Albany College (1859), M.A. from Yale University (1861) and LL. D. from New York University (1885).
Thomson was assistant physician at Quarantine Hospital in New York and physician to the Charity Hospital. He was a consulting physician to Roosevelt Hospital and Bellevue Hospital.
Selected publications
Materialism and Modern Physiology of the Nervous System (1892) Brain and Personality (1906) The Great Argument: Or Jesus Christ in the Old Testament (1884) What is Physical Life?: Its Origins and Nature (1909) Life, Death and Immortality (1911) Life and Times of the Patriarchs (1912) A Treatise on Clinical Medicine (1914)
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Who was William Hanna Thomson?
American physician and writer (1833–1918)
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William Hanna Thomson was born in 1833 in Beirut.
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William Hanna Thomson died on 18 January 1918 in New York City.
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William Hanna Thomson was a writer and physician.
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