THOMPSON,+Samuel+Edward

THOMPSON, Samuel Edward (1852-1924) Liverpool c1866; Leeds 1871; CL Swansea 1880-1919 Thanks partly to important gifts, SWANSEA's reference library was early built up on exceptionally ambitious lines; Thompson's contribution lay especially in the collection of local material.

b. Liverpool sub-librarian Leeds 1871-80 (YB 1897, 199)