Thomas Gottfried Thompson, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 621 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				THOMAS GOTTFRIED THOMPSON, M. D.

	Dr. T. Gottfried Thompson, county physician of Minnehaha county 
and one of the leading members of the medical profession in Sioux 
Falls, was born near Dell Rapids, South Dakota, in 1884. He is a son of 
Peter M. and Lena (Thompson) Thompson, the former a native of Norway 
and the latter of Iowa. Peter M. Thompson made the journey to America 
with his father at the age of eleven years. 

	Following the completion of his preliminary education Dr. T. 
Gottfried Thompson entered college at Brookings, South Dakota, 
graduating in 1904. He later studied medicine, receiving his degree 
from Jefferson Medical College in 1910. He afterward spent eighteen 
months as interne at the State Hospital at Minneapolis and following 
this opened an office in Sioux Falls, where he has since engaged in 
general practice. He keeps in close touch with the most advanced 
medical thought and is recognized as a capable and conscientious 
physician, thoroughly devoted to the interests of his clients. On the 
10th of February, 1913, Dr. Thompson was appointed county physician of 
Minnehaha county and he is now serving in this responsible position, 
discharging his duties in an intelligent, prompt and capable manner. 

	Dr. Thompson is a member of the United Lutheran church and gives 
his political allegiance to the republican party. His attention and 
energy are largely given to his profession in its private and official 
relations and he is conscientious in the performance of all of his 
duties.