He was subsequently enrolled in the Grey Coat mathematical school, where he received a rudimentary training in navigation, and on 20 May 1784 he was apprenticed to the Hudson’s Bay Company for seven years.
At age seven Thompson was admitted to the Grey Coat Hospital, a charity school established to provide a moral and practical education to the poor children of Westminster, and, once accepted, he appears to have maintained little direct contact with his family. His parents had only recently migrated from Wales to London when he was born and less than two years later his father died, leaving David, his mother, and a younger brother, John, in financial difficulty. Yet, as an explorer and surveyor, his work has earned him a reputation as one of the best pioneering geographers in North America. 1857 in Longueuil, Lower Canada.ĭavid Thompson’s origins were humble, his final years spent in poverty. 30 April 1770 in the parish of St John the Evangelist, Westminster (London), son of David and Ann Thompson d. 10 Feb. THOMPSON, DAVID, fur trader, explorer, surveyor, justice of the peace, businessman, and author b. Source: Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 2900259
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