Lamson
# Lamson

Lamson may refer to:

## Surname

* Chuck Lamson (1939–2015), American football player
* Father Lamson, 19th-century American eccentric, attended abolitionist meetings in a long white beard and white robe, and carrying a large scythe
* Fred I. Lamson (1910–1981), American politician, Mayor of Malden, Massachusetts, and member of the Massachusetts Senate
* George Henry Lamson (1852–1882), American doctor and murderer
* Gertrude Lamson, or Nance O'Neil (1874–1965), American actress of stage and silent cinema of the early 20th century
* Laura Lamson (1948–2008), American screenwriter and university lecturer, based in England throughout her career
* Lucy Stedman Lamson (1857–1926), American business woman, educator
* Otis Lamson (1876–1956), American football player and coach
* Roswell Lamson (1838–1903), officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War
* William Lamson (born 1977), American installation, performance and generative artist

## Middle name

* Carl Lamson Carmer (1893–1976), American author of nonfiction, memoirs and novels
* Mortimer Lamson Earle (1864–1905), American classical scholar
* Edward Lamson Henry (1841–1919), American genre painter
* Flora Lamson Hewlett (1914–1977), American philanthropist
* Nathaniel Lamson Howard (1884–1949), American railroad executive
* Thomas Lamson Ludington (born 1953), United States federal judge
* Edwin Lamson Stanton (1814–1869), Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War

## Buildings

* Lamson Farm, a working 18th century farm and town-owned conservation land in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
* Newton Lamson House, historic house at 33 Chestnut Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts
* Rufus Lamson House, historic house at 72-74 Hampshire Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts

## Ships

* USS Lamson (DD-18), Smith class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I
* USS Lamson (DD-328), Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I
* USS Lamson (DD-367), Mahan-class destroyer of the United States Navy named for Roswell Hawkes Lamson

## Engineering

* Lamson L-106 Alcor, American, high-wing, experimental, pressurized research glider
* Lamson tube, systems in which cylindrical containers are propelled through a network of tubes by compressed air or by partial vacuum
* Lamson Engineering Company Ltd, the best known British manufacturer of Cash Ball, Rapid Wire and Pneumatic tube delivery systems from 1937 to 1976
* Lamson PL-1 Quark, American high-wing, single-seat, glider that was designed and constructed by Philip Lamson, first flying in early 1965

## Other

* Battle of Lamson or Operation Lam Son 719, offensive campaign conducted in Laos by the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam in 1971
* Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, houses one of the largest collections of theological books in the United States
