Jon Thompson (other)
Jon Thompson may refer to: * Jon Thompson (artist), British artist, curator and academic * Jon Thompson (civil servant), British civil servant * Jon W. Thompson, American judge See also * Jonathan Thompson (other) * John Thompson (other) {{hndis, Thompson, Jon ...
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Jon Thompson (artist)
Jon Thompson (1936 – February 2016) was an artist, curator and academic known for his involvement in the development of the YBA artist generation. As the Head of Goldsmiths Department of Art in the 1980s, Thompson opened up specialisms and allowed students to move freely between the different modes of practice, such as painting, sculpture, photography and printing, etc. His own art moved from painting to a conceptual photography and sculpture, but after his retirement from teaching Thompson concentrated on a kind of abstract painting. This separated Goldsmiths from the dominance of art schools like St Martins. In 1988 he was involved in the curation of the now legendary '' Freeze'' warehouse exhibition along with various art students and Damien Hirst whom Thompson had accepted on to the course and tutored since that time. Jon Thompson was head of the MA Fine Art course at Middlesex University's School of Art (previously Hornsey College of Art) and lectured on artists such as ...
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Jon Thompson (civil Servant)
Sir Jonathan Michael Thompson, is a British civil servant who served as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) from September 2012 until April 2016, when he succeeded Dame Lin Homer as Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs. He became Chief Executive of the Financial Reporting Council after leaving HMRC in Autumn 2019. Background Thompson was born in Norwich, and educated at Earlham High School, Norwich City College and Anglia Polytechnic, which later became Anglia Ruskin University. He became CIPFA qualified in 1989. Career Thompson was in local government as Finance Director for North Somerset Council. Thompson joined the Civil Service in 2004, as OFSTED’s first finance director. He moved to Department for Education and Skills as their Director-General for Corporate Services in 2006, leaving the then Department for Children, Schools and Families to join the Ministry of Defence (MOD) as Director General of Finance in 20 ...
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Jon W
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from " YHWH has given", and an alternate spelling of John, derived from "YHWH has pardoned".Meaning, Origin and History of the Name John
Behind the Name. Retrieved on 2013-09-06. The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the

Nordic countries

, it is derived from Johannes.

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Jonathan Thompson (other)
Jonathan Thompson may refer to: * Jonathan Thompson (collector) (1773–1846), 19th-century New York politician * Jonathan M. Thompson (born 1971), game designer *Jon Thompson (civil servant) (born 1964), British civil servant See also * John Thompson (other) *Jon Thompson (other) *Jon Thomson Jon Thomson (born 1969) and Alison Craighead (born 1971) are London-based visual artists, who work with video, sound and the internet. Life and work Jon Thomson was born in London, England and Alison Craighead in Aberdeen, Scotland. They have ...