-'6, and has published "Songs in the Night" (Boston, 1845) ; " Young Martyrs " (2d ed., 1848) ; "Lambs Fed (1849; translation into Mahrathi, Bombay, 1853) ; " Last Hours " (1851) ; " The Poor Widow, a Memorial of Mrs. Anna J. Waters" (1854 ; translation into Tamil, Jaffua, Cevlon, 1855) ; " The Better Land " (1854) ; " The Yoke in Youth : a Memorial of H. M. Hill " (1856) ; " Gath- ered Lilies" (1858); "Eliot Sabbath-School Me- morial " (1859) ; " Morning Hours in Patmos " (1860) ; "Lyra Ccelestis " (1863) ; " The Mercy-Seat " (1863) ; " Our Little Ones " (1867) ; " Christus Con- solator" (1867); "Seeds and Sheaves" (1868); " Discourse Commemorative of Rev. iiufus Ander- son, D. D. " (1880) ; " Moravian Missions " (New York, 1882); "Happy New Year" (1883); and " Future Probation and Foreign Missions."
THOMPSON, Cephas artist, b. in Middlebor-
ough, Mass., 1 July, 1775; d. there, 6 Nov., 1856. His
profession was that of a portrait-painter, and he
made yearly tours in the south, painting in all the
cities from Philadelphia to New Orleans. When
about fifty years of age, he settled in his home in
Middleborough. Among his portraits were those
of John Marshall, Stephen Decatur, David Ramsay
of South Carolina, John Howard Payne, and George
Washington Parke Custis, who was his pupil. —
His son, Cephas Giovanni, artist, b. in Middle-
borough, Mass., 3 Aug., 1809; d. in New York
city, 5 Jan., 1888, had some instruction from his
father, but was comparatively self-taught. At the
age of nineteen he began to paint portraits in Plym-
outh, Mass., and two years later he was working
in Boston. During 1837-'47 he was in New York,
and in 1852 he went to Europe, where he spent
seven years in Rome. During this period he painted
numerous Italian subjects, and executed some ad-
mirable copies of the old masters, notably one of
" Beatrice Cenci." While in Italy he was intimate
with Nathaniel Hawthorne, who complimented him
in the " Marble Faun." In 1860 he settled in New
York, and he was elected an associate of ^he Na-
tional academy the following year. Before going
abroad he painted the portraits of Henry W. Long-
fellow, Charles Fenno Hoffman (owned by the New
York historical society), William Cullen Bryant,
and other well-known authors. His portrait of
Hawthorne has been engraved. Other works by
him are " The Guardian Angels." " Prospero and
Miranda," " St. Peter delivered from Prison," and
" Spring and Autumn." — His two sons, who died
before him, were Hubert Ogden, commissioner
of public works, New York city, and Edmund
Francis, captain in the U. S. army. — Another son
of Cephas, Jerome, b. in Middleborough, Mass., 30
Jan., 1814; d. in Glen Gardner, N. J., 1 May, 1886,
had also little or no regular instruction in art. He
displayed artistic tastes at an early age, painted
portraits for several years at Cape Cod, and at the
age of seventeen went to New York, where he after-
ward lived and always had his studio. In 1852 he
went to Europe, where he remained two years. He
Eainted both landscapes and figures with success,
is best -known works being "Reminiscences of
Mount Mansfield," "The Old Oaken Bucket,"
" Home, Sweet Home," " Woodman, spare that
Tree," " Hiawatha's Homeward Journey with
Minnehaha," "The Home of My Childhood," "Com-
in' thro' the Rye," "The Land of Beulah," and
"The Voice of the Great Spirit." Most of his
works were never exhibited by him, but several
of them have become well known to the public
through engravings and chromos. Some of the
finest of his latest works are in Paris, and others
are in England.
THOMPSON, Charles C. B., naval officer, b.
in Virginia in 1786 ; d. in Hot Springs, Va., 2 Sept.,
1832. He entered the navy as a midshipman, 22
Dec, 1802, and was promoted to lieutenant, 15 Feb.,.
1809. During the war of 1812 he rendered distin-
guished service in the defence of New Orleans,,
where he commanded the ship " Louisiana," 8 Jan.,.
1815. He was promoted to master-commandant, 27
April, 1816, served at Philadelphia navy-yard in
1816-'17, commanded the frigate " Guerriere " in the
Mediterranean squadron in 1818-'20, and was on
shore duty at Philadelphia and Boston in 1821-'6.
He was promoted captain, 3 March. 1825, and com-
manded the Pacific squadron in 1828-'31.
THOMPSON, Charles Lemuel, clergyman, b.
in Cooperstown, Lehigh co., Pa., 18 Aug., 1839.
He was graduated at Carroll college, Wis., in 1858,.
and at McCormick theological seminary, Chicago,
in 1861, after spending two years (1859-'60) in
Princeton seminary. He then entered the Pres-
byterian ministry, and after holding pastorates in
Juneau and Janesville, Wis., Cincinnati, Ohio,.
Chicago, 111., Pittsburg, Pa., and Kansas City, Mo. r
was called in 1888 to the Madison avenue church
in New York city. He received the degree of D. D.
from Monmouth college, 111., in 1876, and in May,
1888, was moderator of the general assembly of his
church in Philadelphia. Dr. Thompson was editor
of " Our Monthly " in Cincinnati in 1870-'l, and
in 1879-'82 of "The Interior" at Chicago, with
which he is still connected as an editorial writer.
Besides contributions in prose and verse to current
literature, he has published " Times of Refreshing:
a History of American Revivals " (Chicago, 1877).
THOMPSON, Charles Oliver, educator, b. in
East Windsor Hill, Conn., 25 Sept., 1836; d. in
Terre Haute, Ind., 17 March, 1885. He was gradu-
ated at Dartmouth in 1858, and then taught in the
Peacham academy for six years except during a-
part of 1860-'l, when he devoted himself to prac-
tical work as a surveyor and civil engineer in
Piermont, N. Y. Tn 1864 he became principal of
the Cotting public high-school in Arlington, Mass.
He was chosen principal of the Worcester free in-
stitute of industrial science in 1868. and, besides
holding the chair of chemistry, was charged with
the development of a scientific and practical course
of instruction which had no recognized type in
this country. After spending eight months in
Europe in visiting similar institutions he returned
to Worcester and established the course that has
since prevailed in that institution. In founding
the Rose polytechnic institute, the different tech-
nical schools of the country were carefully studied
by its founder, Chauncey Rose, and the plan of the
Worcester institute was given the preference. Ac-
cordingly, in 1883 Mr. Thompson was called to the
presidency of the new institute, and continued to
hold that place until his death. The degree of
Ph. D. was conferred on him in 1870 by Dartmouth,
and he was a member of scientific societies, includ-
ing the American association for the advancement
of science and the American institute of mining
engineers. He was the author of numerous papers
on technical instruction.
THOMPSON, Daniel Pierce, author, b. in Charlestown (now a part of Boston), Mass., 1 Oct., 1793 ; d. in Montpelier, Vt., 6 June, 1868. He was the grandson of Daniel, who was a cousin of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, and was killed at the battle of Lexington. He was brought up on a farm, prepared himself for college under difficulties, taught for one winter, and then entered Middlebury college, where he was graduated in 1820. Going to Virginia as a family tutor, he
