Background
Thompson, Robert Wallace was born on December 18, 1922 in Antrim, Ireland. Son of Moses Andrew and Olivia Anna Margaret Thompson.
Thompson, Robert Wallace was born on December 18, 1922 in Antrim, Ireland. Son of Moses Andrew and Olivia Anna Margaret Thompson.
Bachelor, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1945. Master of Arts, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1950.
Teacher Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom 1946—1949. Tutor Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland, 1950—1953. Lecturer University of West Indies, Jamaica, 1953—1956, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, 1956—1964.
Senior lecturer University West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, 1964—1966. Professor La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 1966—1987, professor emeritus, since 1987. External examiner University, Guyana, 1965, Flividus University, Australia, 1968—1988, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, 1967.
Private Irish Army, 1941-1945.
Married Thermuthis McHardy Chin. Children: Patricia Ann, Robert James, Winston Baskerville.