Researching Jeremy Thompson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 89714 people with the Thompson surname? In that year Thompson was ranked number 18 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jeremy means "appointed by God" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jeremy Thompson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jeremy Thompson and the Thompson Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 125559 people with the Thompson surname in the UK? Thompson is now ranked number 14 for popularity in the UK. |
Thompson Family Tree Databases
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Thompson Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 817288 people with the Thompson surname in the USA? Thompson is ranked number 14 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Jeremy Thompson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jeremy Thompson
Jeremy Thompson
Jeremy Gordon Thompson (born 23 September 1947) is an English journalist and former news presenter for Sky News, the 24-hour UK television news service operated by Sky UK. He was based at Sky News Centre in west London. He started out as a journalist on the Cambridge Evening News in 1967. In 1971 he joined the BBC as a reporter on Radio Sheffield, moving on to become a reporter on BBC Look North Leeds.
In 1977 he was appointed as the BBC's first TV North of England Correspondent. He moved to ITN as Sports Correspondent in 1982. He worked as a TV foreign correspondent from 1986 to 1998, initially based in Asia and Africa for ITN; on joining Sky News in 1993, Thompson became head of its Africa bureau, based in Johannesburg. Two years later, in Washington, D.C., he established Sky's first US bureau. From 1999 until his retirement from Sky News at the end of 2016, he presented Live at Five, Sky News's flagship news programme.
Source: Jeremy Thompson, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJeremy Thompson (cricketer)
Jeremy Thompson (born 23 September 1963) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Wiltshire. He was born in Bath, Somerset.
Having made his cricketing debut for Somerset Under-25s and later Somerset Second XI in 1982 and 1983 respectively, Thompson made two List A appearances for the team, the first during the 1989 season and the second a season later.
Thompson scored 34 runs on his debut, and 7 runs in his second, and final, List A match.
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