Death by Jill Thompson5/22/2023 Thompson spent his early years of education at St. His father was a wealthy textile manufacturer his mother was the daughter of James Harrison Wilson (1837–1925), a noted Union general during the American Civil War. He was the youngest of five children of Henry and Mary Wilson Thompson. Jim Thompson was born in Greenville, Delaware in 1906. Time magazine claimed he "almost singlehanded(ly) saved Thailand's vital silk industry from extinction". At the time of his disappearance he was one of the most famous Americans living in Asia. James Harrison Wilson Thompson (Ma– Madisappeared) was an American businessman who helped revitalize the Thai silk industry in the 1950s and 1960s. "mysteriously" disappearing from the Cameron Highlands without a trace.constructing the Jim Thompson House in Bangkok, Thailand.being a major collector of Southeast Asian art.reviving the Thai silk industry in the 1950s/1960s.being a spy during the Second World War.Greenville, Delaware, United States of Americaĭeclared dead in absentia by a Thai court in 1974 () (aged 67–68)Ĭo-founder of the Thai Silk Company Limited
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