Holland McTyeire Thompson (July 30, 1873 – October 21, 1940), was an American

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who wrote about the

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Early life

Thompson was born in

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. He graduated from the

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Career

Thompson served as a high school principal at Concord High School in

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from 1895–99, where he wrote an essay about the transformation of southern culture from a rural agricultural to textile/manufacturing way of life that he witnessed while an educator in Concord. This essay, in part, gained Thompson admittance to

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where he received his

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in 1901, and became a full professor of history at

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. Thompson, while professor at CCNY, was among the leading scholar/historians of the social and industrial transformation of the

in the early decades of the 20th century.

Personal life and death

Thompson married Isobel Graham Aitken of New York in 1905. They had one son, Lawrence. Thompson died on October 21, 1940.

Works

* ''From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina'' (1906).

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. * ''The New South: A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution'' Yale Chronicles of America Series (1919).

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. * ''The Book of History: The World's Greatest War, From the Outbreak of the War to the Treaty of Versailles'' (1920-1921). New York:

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. * ''The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest'' (1921). New Haven: Yale University Press. * ''Canada--Newfoundland--Canadian Parks'' (1940). New York: Grolier Society. * ''England--Wales'' (1940). New York: Grolier Society. * ''North and South Poles: Eskimos, Indians'' (1940). New York: Grolier Society. * ''Scandinavia--Finland--Iceland'' (1940). New York: Grolier Society. * ''South America'' (1940). New York: Grolier Society.

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* * 1873 births 1940 deaths American historians People from Randolph County, North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Columbia University alumni City College of New York faculty Historians of the Southern United States {{US-historian-stub