Career
He was born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland in 1816. Thompson"s book The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present, Savage and Civilized (1859) is generally considered to be the first scholarly history of the island country.
He was born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland in 1816. Thompson"s book The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present, Savage and Civilized (1859) is generally considered to be the first scholarly history of the island country.