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| Thomas Alvin Thompson was born on February 4th, 1889 at Hope Town, Abaco. At age 12 he became a monitor at the Hope Town Public School. In 1907 he travelled to Nassau for a student teacher's examination and placed first. Between 1908 - 1909 he was appointed a student teacher and was sent to The Boys Central School, Nassau for training. He was later appointed as an Assistant to Mr. Wallace Thompson, Headmaster, of the Victoria School. In 1909 he was given the position of acting master of the Public School in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco where he later became headmaster. He was appointed second master in 1914 to the Boys' Central School, Nassau, after which he took the local teacher's examination and obtained a first class certificate. In 1917 he became headmaster of the Boys' Central School. During the summer of 1934 Mr. Thompson was chosen to represent The Bahamas in a Summer Seminar at Yale University in the United States of America. His report from the seminar led to his appointment as assistant Inspector of Schools in 1938. During the latter part of 1939 he became a registered member of the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene. He published a book entitled A Short Geography of The Bahamas. In 1948 he was given the title of Companion of the Imperial Service Order by H. M. King George. A year later he retired. In 1952 he came out of retirement when he accepted a post as accountant to the Labour Office. Two years later he was employed as an accountant and statistician by the Development Board. In 1965 Mr. Thompson suffered a heart attack and retired from work permanently. He died at Nassau on April 20, 1966 at the age of seventy-seven. T. A. Thompson Primary School which was formally situated on the top of Blue Hill Road North was named in his honour. The new C. R. Walker High School is now located on this site. |