Rachel Ford Thompson
Rachel Ford Thompson | |
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| Born | 31 August 1856 York, North Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 9 December 1906 (aged 50) Southport, Merseyside, England |
| Nationality | English |
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| Parent(s) | Silvanus Thompson Bridget Tatham |
| Relatives | Silvanus P. Thompson (brother) |
Rachel Ford Thompson (31 August 1856 – 9 December 1906) was an English botanist and temperance activist. She aided Frederick Janson Hanbury with his studies of Hieracium, and she contributed to F.A. Lees' Flora of West Yorkshire and Cardale Babington's Manual of British Botany, in which she developed "an entirely fresh account of the genus" Hieracium. Thompson was also an active member of the Women's Temperance Union. Her brother Sylvanus P. Thompson was a physics professor and electrical engineer.