Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - William Wardlaw Thompson (ranar haihuwa ba a sani ba - ya mutu a 1917) masanin ilimin kimiyyar Afirka ta Kudu ne kuma masanin kimiyyar dabbobi. An san cewa ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Afirka ta Kudu a Cape Town tsakanin 1858 da 1863 kuma ya sami matsayi a kan ma'aikatar gwamnati na Cape Colony a 1877 a cikin Sashen Railway a matsayin ma'aikacin wucin gadi. A watan Janairun 1878 ya sami matsayi na dindindin a matsayin ma'aikaci a Ma'aikatar Ayyukan Jama'a, inda aka daukaka shi zuwa Clerk na farko a 1882. A watan Janairun 1885 an canza shi zuwa matsayin Babban sakataren rikodin a Ofishin Gidajen Crown wanda aka inganta a watan Yulin 1889 zuwa sakataren aji na farko a Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona inda ya sami mukamin mukaddashin babban sakatare a can a watan Nuwamba 1897. Kafin wannan ya ɗauki kuma ya wuce jarrabawar Dokar Ma'aikatar Jama'a kuma ya yi aiki tare da Duke na Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles a cikin Transkei a lokacin Yakin Yakin na 9
a watan Fabrairu zuwa Mayu 1879 da kuma Basutoland a watan Satumba na 1880 zuwa Maris 1881 a lokacin Basuto Gun War. An nada Thompson a cikin Kwamitin Kifi na Cape Colony a watan Oktoba 1897.