Lawrence S. Thompson

Dr. Lawrence Sidney Thompson (1916–1986) worked at the University of Kentucky as the Director of Libraries and as a faculty member in the classics department. He wrote extensively on the processes of printing and publication. Dr. Thompson also researched processes for cataloging materials, frequently corresponding with European colleagues.[1]

He was director of the Margaret I. King Library at the University of Kentucky from 1948 to 1963.[2]

He was the author of Human Skin,[3] a paper on Anthropodermic bibliopegy.

References

  1. ↑ Seltzer, Greg. "Lawrence S. Thompson papers, 1914-1961". University of Kentucky Special Collections.
  2. ↑ Lawrence Thompson, ex-director of UK libraries, dies at age of 69. Herald-Leader. April 21, 1986. p. A-13 col. 3–5.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Lawrence (April 1946). Human Skin. v.34(2). Bulletin of the Medical Library Association.
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