Thomson, William McClure

D.D. (Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., 1858), Presbyterian; b. at Springfield (now Spring Dale), near Cincinnati, O., Dec. 31, 1806; graduated at Miami University, Oxford, O., 1826; studied at Princeton Theological Seminary, N.J., 1826-27; ordained an evangelist by Presbytery of Cincinnati, O., Oct. 12, 1831; was mi ionary in Syria and Palestine under A. B. C. F. M. and Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mi ions, 1833-49, 1850-57, 1859-76. He now resides in New-York City. He is the author of The Land and the Book, or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy Land, New York, 1859,2 vols, later editions; new ed. thoroughly revised and re-written, with numerous illustrations, 3 vols. (vol. i., Southern Palestine and Jerusalem, New York and London, 1880; vol. ii., Central Palestine and Phoenicia, 1882; vol. iii., Lebanon, Damascus, and Beyond Jordan, 1886).