# James Matthew Thompson

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**James Matthew Thompson**, [FBA](/source/Fellow_of_the_British_Academy) (27 September 1878 – 8 October 1956) was an English historian and theologian.

The son of the priest [Henry Lewis Thompson](/source/Henry_Lewis_Thompson) (warden of [Radley College](/source/Radley_College)) and his wife Catherine (a daughter of [Sir James Paget](/source/James_Paget)), he attended [Winchester College](/source/Winchester_College), [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church,_Oxford), and [Cuddesdon Theological College](/source/Cuddesdon_Theological_College). He was [ordained](/source/Ordination) a [deacon](/source/Deacon) in 1903 and was a [curate](/source/Curate) in [Poplar](/source/Poplar,_London) before being ordained a priest and elected a [fellow](/source/Fellow_(Oxbridge)) of [Magdalen College, Oxford](/source/Magdalen_College,_Oxford), in 1904 (serving until retirement in 1938). He was also the college's dean of divinity from 1906 to 1915 and [Senior Proctor](/source/Senior_proctor) at the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) in 1916–17. Taking leave from his college duties during the [First World War](/source/World_War_I), he served with the [Red Cross](/source/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement) in France, worked at the [Admiralty](/source/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)) and taught in a school before returning to his college duties in 1919. He served as its [bursar](/source/Bursar) in the 1920s and as vice-president (1935–37). Thompson's earlier theological work took a highly liberal stance, which led to calls for his resignation from Magdalen in the early 20th century. Later, he published books on modern European history and was university lecturer in French history from 1931.[1][2]

## Works

- *An Annotated Psalter*, (1908)
- *Jesus, According To St Mark*, (1910)
- *Synototic Gospels*, (1910)
- *Miracles In The New Testament*, (1911)
- *Through Facts To Faith*, (1912)
- *Lectures On Foreign History 1494-1789*, (1925; revised ed. 1930)
- *Leaders Of The French Revolution*, (1929)
- *Historical Geography Of Europe*, (1929)
- *My Apologia [written as: J M T]*, (1940)
- *The French Revolution*, (1943)
- *Collected Verse, 1939-1946*, (1947)
- *Robespierre and the French Revolution*, (1952)
- *Louis Napoleon and the Second Empire*, (1954)

Source: [3]

## References

1. [L. W. B. Brockliss](/source/Laurence_Brockliss), ["Thompson, James Matthew"](https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-36370), *[The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)* (online ed., [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 2005). Retrieved 7 March 2021.

1. ["Thompson, Rev. James Matthew"](https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-243681), *[Who Was Who](/source/Who's_Who_(UK))* (online ed., [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 2007). Retrieved 7 March 2021.

1. ["Author - Rev, James Matthew Thompson"](http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/cgi-bin/auth.pl?T001393). Author and Book Info.

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