Thompson, Everett Edward, 1876-1962
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Thompson, Everett Edward, 1876-1962
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1876-1962
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Thompson, Everett E.
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Massachusetts native who served as an official in the Philippine Civil Service Bureau, ca.1900-1904.
Editor, lexicographer, author, and lecturer Everett Edward Thompson was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in1876. He received an A.B. degree from Amherst College in 1899. From 1901-1905 Thompson fufilled an appointment to a government teaching position in the Philippines. In 1905 he traveled from Manila to Singapore, and then to Burma, India, Ceylon, Java, the Straits Settlements, and Japan. From 1905 to 1909 he was part of the editorial staff of the G&C Merriam Company, publisher of the Webster-Merriam dictionaries, Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1907 he married Emily Lecretia Bettes and two years later in 1909 received an M.A. from Amherst College where he wrote a thesis on, "The Spanish Element in the English Language." From 1910-1920 Thomspon served as editor of foreign language textbooks, American Book Company, New York City. In 1920 he received honorary doctor of letters (Litt. D) from Syracuse University. That same year Thompson rejoined the Webster dictionary editorial staff of G&C Merriam Company, Springfield, Massachusetts where he remained until 1949. Everett Edward Thompson died 1962 March 24 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Honolulu (Hawaii)
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Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)
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Malaysia
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San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
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Mandalay (Burma)
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Cavite (Philippines)
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East Indies
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New Mexico
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Philippines
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Continental Divide Wilderness (N.M.)
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Java
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Indonesia
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Rizal (Philippines : Province)
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Batangas (Philippines)
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Laguna de Bay (Philippines)
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Singapore
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Hong Kong (China)
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Calcutta (India)
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Taal, Mount (Philippines)
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Manila (Philippines)
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