Lawrence S. Thompson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lawrence S. Thompson

American librarian and bibliologist

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1916

Place of Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1986

Profession: librarian, university teacher, classical scholar

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.He was director of the Margaret I.
King Library at the University of Kentucky from 1948 to 1963.He was the author of Human Skin, a paper on Anthropodermic bibliopegy.