THOMPSON,+Cecil+Harry

THOMPSON, Cecil Harry (1910-1980) Birmingham 1928; Central African Archives 1947; Secretary, Nyasaland (Malawi) Department of Agriculture 1949 Subsequently Archivist in Zanzibar and Botswana, he will be remembered in particular as the first Honorary Secretary of the Birmingham Public Libraries Staff Association which was founded in 1937 despite the vehement and continued opposition of the then City Librarian, H M Cashmore.