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Thompson, Edward John (1886-1946), teacher and writer, was born on 9 April 1886 at Hazel Grove, Stockport, the eldest son of John Moses Thompson (1854-1894), from near Penrith, and his wife, Elizabeth Penney (1851-1928), both Wesleyan missionaries to south India. Mission compounds and Madras beaches were Edward's earliest memories. In ...
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