Background
Thompson, Robert John was born on October 15, 1865 in Louisiana Porte City, Iowa, United States. Son of Francis M. and Eliza H. Thompson.
Thompson, Robert John was born on October 15, 1865 in Louisiana Porte City, Iowa, United States. Son of Francis M. and Eliza H. Thompson.
Educated Louisiana Porte City High School. Private instruction in law and philosophy.
School teacher, 1883-1885. In the United States railway postal service, 1885-1891. Later on editorial staff Chicago Times.
Inventor automatic recording safe, and president Automatic Recording Safe Company, Chicago.
Originator and director Lafayette Monument project Diplomatic envoy of President McKinley to President Loubet, 1900.
Secretary and director Lafayette Monument Commission Appointed consul to Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1905 (did not serve). American consul at Hanover, Germany, 1906-1912, Sheffield, England, 1912-1913, Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, 1913-1915 (resigned).
Officier de la Chevalier de la Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’Honneur’Honneur (France).
Author: (and compiler) The Proofs of Life After Death—A Twentieth Century Symposium. A Square Deal for Every Manitoba (collation of quotations from addresses and messages of Theodore Roosevelt). England and Germany in the War.
Adequate Brevity—Philosophy of Coolidge.
Contributor to magazines Address: Chicago, Illinois.
Married Martha Leimer, June 27, 1885. Married second, Muriel Stevenson, 1913. Children: R. P., Madeleine M., Robert J., Cyril Sherman.