About Zadock Thompson
Lived 1796 – 1857 (aged 60–61). Zadock Thompson was an American historian, naturalist, ichthyologist, botanist, meteorological observer and natural history.
Zadock Thompson (1796–1856), was a Vermont naturalist, professor, and Episcopal priest.
Biography Zadock Thompson was born in Bridgewater, Vermont on May 23, 1796. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1823.
Thompson published numerous books on Vermont's history, the most notable being the History of the State of Vermont (1833) and History of the State of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical (1842).
Thompson married Phebe Boyce and had three children: George Boyce Thompson, Harriet Towner Thompson, and Adeline Perry Thompson. Only his daughter, Adeline, survived childhood; she had four children before her death, at 30.
Zadock Thompson died in Burlington, Vermont on January 19, 1856.
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American naturalist
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Zadock Thompson was born on 23 May 1796 in Bridgewater.
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Zadock Thompson died in 1857 in Burlington.
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Zadock Thompson was a historian, naturalist, ichthyologist, botanist, meteorological observer and natural history.
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