William Thomson

Sir William David Thomson , F.R.C.S. (29 June 1843 – 13 November 1909) was an Irish surgeon and medical writer.

Early life and education William David Thomson was born on 29 June 1843 in Downpatrick, Ireland to William Thomson and Margaret Thomson . Thomson's father was from Lanark whilst his mother was from Lanarkshire.

Thomson was privately educated, and worked at the Galway Express editorial office as a teenager. Thomson was the son-in-law of Charlotte Stoker (née Thornley; 1818–1901), a charity worker and social reformer, and brother-in-law of the surgeon Thornley Stoker and novelist Bram Stoker.

On 13 November 1909, Thomson died at his residence, 54 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. He was buried at Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin. A mural tablet was erected in the Richmond Hospital, to commemorate his thirty-six years' services as surgeon, and his share in the rebuilding of the hospital in 1899.