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### Author
Thomson, Paul William (1892-1957), Estonian botanist and quaternary geologist; teacher at a gymnasium in Dorpat 1921-1932; lecturer in geology and paleontology at the University of Dorpat 1928-1939, also connected with the Experiment Station of the Estonian peat-bog association at Tooma nr Vägera; from 1941-1945 director of the Geological-palaeontological Institute at Tosen; geologist with the Amt für Bodenforschung Krefeld from 1947.
**Abbreviated name**: *P.W. Thomson* \[standard form in IPNI: *P.W.Thomson*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 379; Biol.-Dokum. 18; Hirsch p. 299.
#### Biofile
- Lannus, P., Ann. Soc. Tart. Res. nat. ser. nov. 3: 175-179. 1963.
- Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 7a(4): 671f.
- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 519. 1977.
- Schmidt, W., Geol. Jahrb. 75: xi-xii. 1959 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- Terasmae, J., Geol. För. Stockh. Förh. 80: 492. 1958.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 29. 1936, 3: 99, 355. 1937, 4: 277. 1938, 7: 234. 1943.
- Welding, O., Deutschbalt. biogr. Lex. 791-792. 1970 (b. 23 Dec 1891, d. 13 Dec 1957; detailed curr. vit., further biogr. refs.).
#### Eponymy
*Thomsonia* K. Mädler (1954); *Thomsonipollis* W. Krutzsch (1960); *Thomsonisporites* G. Leschik (1956).
### Publications
##### n.14.262. Die regionale Entwicklungsgeschichte der Wälder Estlands
**Title**
*Die regionale Entwicklungsgeschichte der Wälder Estlands*... Dorpat 1929. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1929, p. \[1\]-87, \[88\]. *Copies*: B, LC. – Issued as Act. Comm. Univ. Tartuens. A-17(2). 1929. (1930 in compl. journal).
##### n.14.263. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der fossilen Flora des Mitteldevons in Estland
**Title**
*Beitrag zur Kenntniss der fossilen Flora des Mitteldevons in Estland*... Tartu 1940. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1940, p. \[1\]-24, *pl. 1-7. Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Tartu Ülikooli Loodusuurijate seltsi Aruanded 45: 195-216. *pl. 1-7.* 1940.