English noun: Thompson | |||
1. | Thompson (person) United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000) | ||
Synonyms | Homer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson, Homer Thompson | ||
Instance hypernym | archaeologist, archeologist | ||
2. | Thompson (person) English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814) | ||
Synonyms | Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford | ||
Instance hypernym | physicist | ||