Q: Who was Gerald L. Thompson?

A: Gerald L. Thompson was an American mathematician and computer scientist who lived from 1923 to 2009. He was affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University and educated at institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Q: What was Gerald L. Thompson's primary occupation?

A: Gerald L. Thompson's primary occupations were as a mathematician and a computer scientist. He was also a doctoral advisor to several students.

Q: Where did Gerald L. Thompson work?

A: Gerald L. Thompson was employed by Carnegie Mellon University. He also received his education from the University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Iowa State University.

Gerald L. Thompson

American mathematician (1923–2009)

Person human Q5549315

Facts

14 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: November 25, 1923
Date of death: November 9, 2009
Country of citizenship: United States^[5]
Occupation: mathematician, computer scientist
Employer: Carnegie Mellon University^[6]
Educated at: University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Iowa State University^[7]^[8]^[9]
Doctoral advisor: Robert M. Thrall^[10]
Doctoral student: Fred W. Glover, Suresh P. Sethi, David Shanno, Robert David Carr, Nathan P. Ritchey, Paul Robert Kleindorfer, Roman L. Weil, Farid Harche^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[22]
Family name: Thompson^[20]
Given name: Gerald^[21]
Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

en Gerald L. Thompson ar جيرالد إل. تومسون cs Gerald Luther Thompson cs G. L. Thompson cs Gerald L. Thompson fa جرالد ال. تامپسون zh 傑拉德·L·湯普森

🔖 Identifiers · 38

ISNI: 0000000108987872
VIAF cluster ID: 49287378
Library of Congress authority ID: n50008353
GND ID: 135869943
BIBSYS ID: 90189814
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 122844711
CONOR.SI ID: 28590179
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12091175
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741742569856
DBLP author ID: 63/3301
ELNET ID: a11939606, a11939618
Freebase ID: /m/09g6hb7

Show all 38 identifiers +26

IdRef ID: 031674453
Libraries Australia ID: 35547577
MR Author ID: 172295
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID: 5130
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA03161899
NDL Authority ID: 00526740
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2013760662
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000728954
NSK ID: 981005735522909366
NUKAT ID: n02063860
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007431343005171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000067629
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:V*335606;=BJ
National Virtual Library of India ID: 75317, 152921
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 068344724
Online Books Page author ID: Thompson, Gerald Luther, 1923-
Prabook ID: 3529512
RERO ID (legacy): A003898243
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 48176
SNAC ARK ID: w6zb55v4
SVKKL authority ID: p0061925-Thompson-Gerald-Luther-19232009
UOM ID: 80227
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1038640
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJcGjq49GjccPKd97Vfcyd
Yale LUX ID: person/3ca9a01d-2975-4cd3-b58e-75873f97da7b
ZbMATH author ID: thompson.gerald-l

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections

Educated at 3

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, Iowa State University

Doctoral student 2

Fred W. Glover, Suresh P. Sethi

Doctoral students 2

Fred W. Glover, Suresh P. Sethi

Occupation 2

mathematician, computer scientist

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Employer 1

Carnegie Mellon University

Family name 1

Thompson

Given name 1

Gerald

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Maintained by WikiProject 1

WikiProject Mathematics

Sex or gender 1

male

Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Gerald L. Thompson was born on November 25, 1923^[1]. He died on November 9, 2009^[2]. He worked as a mathematician^[3] and computer scientist^[4].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include Fred W. Glover^[24], a mathematician^[25], b. 1937^[26], of United States^[27], awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize^[28], specialised in linguistic prescription^[29] and Suresh P. Sethi^[30], a mathematician^[31], b. 1945^[32], of United States^[33], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada^[34], specialised in operations management^[35].

FAQs

What did Gerald L. Thompson do for work?

Gerald L. Thompson worked as a mathematician^[3] and computer scientist^[4].

Where did Gerald L. Thompson go to school?

Gerald L. Thompson was educated at University of Michigan^[7], Massachusetts Institute of Technology^[8], and Iowa State University^[9].

⭐ Popularity Graph

8/100 established

🌐 Wiki Languages

2 / 428 langs

📈 Wikipedia Views · last 12 months

274 views trend: hourly, last 17h

🌐 Available in 2 languages

enGerald L. Thompson arجيرالد إل. تومسون

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[11] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — educated at (P69): University of Michigan. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — educated at (P69): Massachusetts Institute of Technology. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — educated at (P69): Iowa State University. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — occupation (P106): mathematician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — occupation (P106): computer scientist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — employer (P108): Carnegie Mellon University. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — doctoral advisor (P184): Robert M. Thrall. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — doctoral student (P185): Fred W. Glover. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — doctoral student (P185): Suresh P. Sethi. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — doctoral student (P185): David Shanno. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — doctoral student (P185): Robert David Carr. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — doctoral student (P185): Nathan P. Ritchey. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — doctoral student (P185): Paul Robert Kleindorfer. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — doctoral student (P185): Roman L. Weil. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — doctoral student (P185): Farid Harche. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — date of birth (P569): November 25, 1923. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — date of death (P570): November 9, 2009. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — family name (P734): Thompson. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — given name (P735): Gerald. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Gerald L. Thompson — maintained by WikiProject (P6104): WikiProject Mathematics. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

Inline context (facts about related entities)

[25] ↑ Fred W. Glover — P106: mathematician. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[26] ↑ Fred W. Glover — P569: b. 1937. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[27] ↑ Fred W. Glover — P27: United States. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[28] ↑ Fred W. Glover — P166: John von Neumann Theory Prize. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[29] ↑ Fred W. Glover — P101: linguistic prescription. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[31] ↑ Suresh P. Sethi — P106: mathematician. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[32] ↑ Suresh P. Sethi — P569: b. 1945. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[33] ↑ Suresh P. Sethi — P27: United States. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[34] ↑ Suresh P. Sethi — P166: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[35] ↑ Suresh P. Sethi — P101: operations management. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA

4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Gerald L. Thompson. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gerald-l-thompson

MLA “Gerald L. Thompson.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 5 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gerald-l-thompson.

BibTeX

@misc{4ortxyz_gerald-l-thompson_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Gerald L. Thompson}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gerald-l-thompson}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}}

LLM prompt

According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Gerald L. Thompson — https://4ort.xyz/entity/gerald-l-thompson (retrieved 2026-11-05)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gerald-l-thompson · Last refreshed: November 5, 2026

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → p0061925-Thompson-Gerald-Luther-19232009

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: p0061925-Thompson-Gerald-Luther-19232009, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Given name → Gerald

Birth date → —

Mathematics genealogy project id → —

Languages spoken, written or signed → —

+ 97 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32117|batch #32117]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (30)"

Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.