| Authorised form of name | Thomson; William (1819 - 1890) |
| Other forms of surname | 'William Bristol' |
| 'William Ebor' |
| Dates | 1819 - 1890 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Whitehaven, Cumbria, England |
| Date of birth | 11 February 1819 |
| Date of death | 25 December 1890 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Bishopthorpe churchyard, near York, Yorkshire |
| Activity | Education:
Queen's College, Oxford. BA (1840), MA (1844)
Career:
Published 'Outline of the laws of thought' (1842); Tutor, Queen's College, Provost of Queen's (1855); Chaplain to Queen Victoria (1859); Bishop of Gloucester; Bishop of Bristol (1861); Archbishop of York (1862)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/02/1863 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of John Thomson of Kelswick House, near Whitehaven. Married (1855) Zoe, daughter of James Henry Skene, British Consul at Aleppo |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 24 June 1871 |
| Royal Society code | NA3845 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| NLB/4/767 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 21 October 1890 |
| NLB/4/1183 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 February 1891 |
| RR/3/96 | Referee's report by William Thomson, on a paper 'On the equation of Laplace's functions' by William Fishburn Donkin | 20 February 1857 |
| MS/426/529 | Note of a letter from [the Secretaries of] the Royal Society; to W [William] Thomson; to Dr Mancet | 4 September 1854 |
| RR/3/222 | Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the magnetic induction of crystals' by Julius Plücker | 13 July 1857 |
| MS/427/123 | Copy letter from [William] Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society; to the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs | 16 July 1881 |