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0000 0004 2454 9700
https://isni.org/isni/0000000424549700
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Name: |
Jim Thompson (American fashion designer)
Jim Thompson (entrepreneur américain)
Jim Thompson (imprenditore statunitense)
Jim Thompson (US-amerikanischer Unternehmer der Seiden- und Textilindustrie)
Jim Thompson (zakenman)
Thompson, James H. W
Thompson, James Harrison Wilson
Thompson, Jim
Джим Томпсон
جیم تامپسون
จิม ทอมป์สัน
짐 톰프슨
ジム・トンプソン
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Dates: |
1906-1974? |
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author |
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Jim Thompson metamorphosis |
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Bangkok magazine: The Jim Thompson House Web site, Sept. 29, 2010 (on Mar. 27, 1967, Jim Thompson disappeared while on a visit to the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia; not a single clue has turned up in the ensuing years as to what might have happened to him)
Jim Thompson metamorphosis, 2017 t.p. (Jim Thompson) p. 71 (Thai court, at the request of some of his family members, went ahead and pronounced him dead. The declaration was made in 1974, 7 years after he vanished without a trace)
The Jim Thompson House Web site, Sept. 29, 2010 (Jim Thompson or James Harrison Wilson Thompson; b. 1906, Greenville, Del.; practicing architect in New York City until 1940; during the Second World War, Thompson was assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS); the war ended abruptly as Thompson and the other OSS men were en route to Bangkok; he assumed the duties of OSS station chief a few weeks later; in late 1946, he received orders to return to the States to receive his military discharge; upon leaving the service, he returned and took-up residence in Thailand permanently; after his return to Bangkok, Thompson turned his attention to Thai silk; soon gained worldwide recognition for his success in rebuilding the industry, for generating international demand for Thai silk and for contributing to the growth of the silk industry; during the Easter weekend in 1967, Thompson disappeared while on holiday with friends in Cameron Highlands, a northern Malaysian resort)
Warren, W. The legendary American, 1970
Wikipedia, Sept. 29, 2010 (Jim Thompson (designer); James Harrison Wilson "Jim" Thompson; b. Mar. 21, 1906, Greenville, Del.; an American businessman who helped revitalize the Thai silk and textile industry in the 1950s and 1960s; mysteriously disappeared while going for a walk on Easter Sunday, March 26, 1967, in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia)
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NTA
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