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James Matthew Thompson
James Matthew Thompson (1878-1956) was an English clergyman, academic and noted historian.
Born the son of an Anglican reverend on September 27, 1878 at Iron in Acton, Gloucesters...view moreJames Matthew Thompson (1878-1956) was an English clergyman, academic and noted historian.
Born the son of an Anglican reverend on September 27, 1878 at Iron in Acton, Gloucestershire, Thompson was raised and educated in the country before completing a degree in theology and philosophy at Oxford. This education was intended to prepare him for the Anglican clergy and he was duly ordained in 1903.
In 1906 he became Dean of Divinity at Magdalen College, Oxford. His deanship was controversial, chiefly because of Thompson’s theological writings, which challenged existing church doctrine and led several Anglican prelates to demand his replacement. He resigned as dean in 1915 but returned to Oxford after the war, primarily as a lecturer and tutor in modern history.
In the late 1920s Thompson began writing and publishing original research, focusing particularly on French history and the revolution, and went on to become one of Britain’s leading experts on the French Revolution.
He died in 1956.view less