1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
THOMPSON, FRANCIS (1860-1007), English poet, was born at Ashton, Lancashire, in 1860. His father, a doctor, became a convert to Roman Catholicism, following his brother Edward Healy Thompson, a friend of Manning. The boy was accordingly educated at Ushaw College, near Durham, and subsequently studied medicine at Owens College, Manchester; but he took no real interest in the profession of a doctor and was bent on literary production. A period of friendlessncss and failure (from the point of view of " practical life …
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