William Boyce Thompson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Boyce Thompson

American engineer

Date of Birth: 13-May-1869

Place of Birth: Montana, United States

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1930

Profession: engineer, diplomat, banker, mining engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

William Boyce Thompson, (May 13, 1869 – June 27, 1930), was an American mining engineer, financier, prominent in the Republican party, philanthropist, and founder of Newmont Mining.
Thompson was one of the significant early twentieth century mine operators that discovered and exploited vast copper deposits that revolutionized Western American mining, and reaped for themselves tremendous fortunes.
He currently has a school named after him in Yonkers New York called the William Boyce Thompson school.