J. Eric S. Thompson

Sir John Eric Sidney Thompson KBE (31 December 1898 – 9 September 1975) was a leading English Mesoamerican archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and epigrapher. While working in the United States, he dominated Maya studies and particularly the study of the Maya script until well into the 1960s.

For other persons named Eric Thompson, see Eric Thompson (disambiguation).

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