Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - William Wardlaw Thompson (ụbọchị ọmụmụ amaghi - nwụrụ na 1917) bụ onye South African ichthyologist na zoologist. A maara na ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na kọleji South Africa na Cape Town n'etiti afọ 1858 na 1863 nakwa na ọ nwetara ọkwa na ndị ọrụ obodo nke Cape Colony na 1877 na Ngalaba Railway dị ka odeakwụkwọ nwa oge. N'ọnwa Jenụwarị nke afọ 1878, ọ nwetara ọrụ na-adịgide adịgide dị ka onye odeakwụkwọ na Ngalaba Na-ahụ Maka Ọrụ Ọha, ebe a kwalitere ya ịbụ Onye odeakwụkwọ mbụ na 1882. N'ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 1885, e zigara ya n'ọkwa nke Chief records Clerk na Crown Lands Office ka e buliri ya n'ọnwa Julaị afọ 1889 ka ọ bụrụ onye odeakwụkwọ nke mbụ na Ngalaba Ọrụ Ugbo na-enweta ọkwa nke onye isi odeakwụkwọ na-arụ ọrụ ebe ahụ na Nọvemba 1897. Tupu nke a, o meela ma gafee ule nke Iwu Ndị Ọrụ Obodo ya, ọ rụkwara ọrụ na Duke nke Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles na Transkei n'oge Agha 9 nke Frontier
na Febụwarị ruo Mee 1879 na Basutoland na Septemba 1880 ruo Machị 1881 n'oge Basuto Gun War. A họpụtara Thompson na Cape Colony's Fisheries Board n'ọnwa Ọktoba 1897.