THOMPSON, JOSEPH PARRISH, D.D., LL.D., 1819-79; b. Philadelphia; graduated at Yale college 1838; studied theology at Andover and New Haven; ordained pastor of Chapel street Congregational church, New Haven, 1840 ; minister of Broadway Tabernacle church (Cong.), New York, 1845-71. He was one of the originators of the New Englander and the Independent, and associate editor of the latter. He visited Europe and the east, 1852-54. From 1873 until his death he resided in Berlin. His publications, besides sermons, addresses, and pamphlets, are: Memoir of Timothy Dwight; Lectures to Young Men; Hints to Employers; Memoir of David Hale; Foster on Missions, with a preliminary essay; Stray Meditations; The Believer's Refuge; The Invaluable Possession; Egypt, Past and Present; The Early Witnesses; Memoir of Rev. David 2. Stoddard; The Christian Graces ; The College as a Religious Institution; Love and Penalty; Bryant Gray; Christianity and Emancipation; The Holy Comforter; • Man in Genesis and Geol ogy; Theology of Christ from His Own Words ; Home Worship; Church and State in the United States; lectures given in Berlin; Life of Christ; Lectures on The Centennial of American Independence, at Berlin, Dresden, Florence, Paris, and London; The Work man, His False Friends and His True Friends. Dr. Thompson devoted much time to
oriental studies, especially Egyptology, the fruits of which have appeared in the :North American Review, Bibliotheca Sacra, Journal of the American Geographical and Statis tical Society, Smith's Dictionary of Biblical Geography and Antiquities; Kitto's Cyclo podia of Biblical Literature. Few men in literary and professional life have shown such industry, with such versatility and unformity of power in widely varying depart ments.