Thompson, A. Hamilton: - Historian Alexander Hamilton Thompson was born on November 7, 1873, and died on September 4, 1952. From 1924 until 1939, he taught medieval history at the University of Leeds. Thompson was born on 7 November 1873 at Clifton, Bristol, the son of The Reverend John Thompson, Vicar of St Gabriel's, Bristol, and his wife Annie Hastings (née Cooper, daughter of Canon David Cooper). He spent 1883-1890 at Clifton College and one year at Totnes School. He was awarded a small scholarship by St John's College, Cambridge, to study Classics from 1892 to 1895. He obtained his BA in 1895, later elevated to MA in 1903. Following graduation, Thompson worked as a tutor around Europe until 1897, when he returned to Cambridge to teach extramural courses. From 1897 to 1919, he lectured for the Cambridge University Extension program. He started writing volumes on English literature, medieval English military architecture, and the history and design of the English parish church at this time. In 1919, Thompson was hired as an English lecturer at Armstrong College in Newcastle upon Tyne, which was a part of Durham University at the time and is now Newcastle University. In 1921, he received a promotion to Reader in Medieval History and Archaeology.