William Henry Thompson (March 10, 1848 – August 12, 1918) was an American

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...

, poet and lawyer. With his brother

Maurice Maurice may refer to: People * Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr * Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and ...

, he was a founder of the National Archery Association in 1879 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Maurice was the inaugural president and William was president in 1882, 1903 and 1904. William won two bronze medals in Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics in Missouri in the double York round, when Robert Williams archer Robert Williams won silver and his second bronze in the double American round. In the team competition he won the gold medal. He was born in

Calhoun, Georgia Calhoun is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,949. Calhoun is the county seat of Gordon County. History In December 1827, Georgia had already claimed the Cherokee lands that be ...

and died in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...

. His Seattle house is an 18 room mansion in the Mount Baker district that he lived in from 1897 until 1917 is now an official Seattle Landmark and is also on the National Register of Historic Places. His most notable literary work is his 1888 poem of his experiences in the Civil War,
High Tide at Gettysburg
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1848 births 1918 deaths American male archers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in archery Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in archery Archers at the 1904 Summer Olympics People from Calhoun, Georgia Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Confederate States Army soldiers Sportspeople from Georgia (U.S. state) {{US-archery-bio-stub