James Merriman Archer Thomson (5 February 1863 – 31 July 1912) was a British rock-climber and mountaineer. Thomson climbed extensively in North Wales with others such as Oscar Eckenstein. He was a believer in leading on sight, and was not keen on

O. G. Jones 150px, Portrait and signature of Owen Glynne Jones from his book ''Rock-climbing in the English Lake District'' Owen Glynne Jones (2 November 1867 – 28 August 1899) was a Welsh rock-climber and mountaineer. He established many new routes in ...

's practice of surveying a route with a top-rope. He extensively explored the cliffs of

Lliwedd Y Lliwedd is a mountain, connected to Snowdon in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales. Its summit lies above sea level. The eastern flanks are steep cliffs rising above Glaslyn and Llyn Llydaw. Y Lliwedd is the most conspicuous of ...

, and in 1909 with

A. W. Andrews Arthur Westlake Andrews (12 December 1868 – 22 November 1959) was a British geographer, poet, rock-climber, mountaineer and amateur tennis and badminton player. He trained as a geographer (FRGS 1896), and became a teacher of geography a ...

, produced the first official climbing guide to the cliff (published by the then-recently founded Climbers' Club). He authored the second, to the Ogwen District, the following year. From 1896 until his death (by suicide, he drank carbolic acid) in 1912 he was Headmaster of Llandudno County School.

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Welsh mountain climbers 1863 births 1912 deaths Suicides in Wales 20th-century Welsh educators 1912 suicides Suicides by poison {{climbingbio-stub