George Best Thompson^{[1, 2]}

1904 - 1977  (73 years)

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• Name	George Best Thompson
  Birth	3 Feb 1904	Bizana,Pondoland,South Africa.,   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Sep 1977	Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa.,   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I8270	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2026 | Edit

  
  

  Father	Dr. George Batchin Thompson, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S Edin,. L.R.F.P.S Glas., MBE,   b. 24 Apr 1870, Bristo St,,,Edinburgh,Scotland d. 11 Jan 1959, Bizana,Pondoland,South Africa., (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth (Lizzie) Lundie,   b. 1 Aug 1878, Adelaide,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., d. 4 Feb 1964, Springs,Transvaal,South Africa., (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	29 Mar 1899	Willowvale,South Africa
  		Bizana Thompsons _TYPE: PHOTO
  		TM5.jpg _TYPE: PHOTO
  Family ID	F78	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Doreen Wyndham,   b. 21 Sep 1912   d. 18 Aug 1982, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1936	,,South Africa.,   [5, 6]
  Children	1. George "Basil" Thompson,   b. 23 Oct 1945, Butterworth,Transkei,S Africa, (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F302712713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020 | Edit

  
  

• Photos

  George Best Thompson & Veronica Thompson _TYPE: PHOTO

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE Trained as a teacher at Hugenot College, Wellington. Later took a BA degree at the University in Maritzburg. Taught in Cape Town, his first post (1935) being at a school in Woodstock for Coloured children, then in Butterworth, then from 1957 until he retired, at the General Botha College in Gordons Bay, Cape, South Africa. The Naval College in Gordons Bay was known as the General Botha Training College for merchant Navy officers. As you approach the Gordon's Bay from the Cape Town side, you will see on the mountain side the famous 'GB' sign, an enormous anchor, made of whitewashed rocks. When I was little I thought this was a tribute to my uncle George Best (GB Thompson) as it seemed a fitting tribute to this wonderful teacher and gentle, unassuming man. George taught mathematics at the college and in his "spare time" he worked out the schedule of the log tables. He is said to have wanted to be a doctor.

  
  

• Sources

  [S83] Peter Turner, Information received from Peter Turner. [S992] Peter Turner, Information received from Peter Turner. [S308] Thompson Family Bible, "Deaths" (Reliability: 3). [S1435] South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958, South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (Reliability: 3). [S990] Thompson, Basil. Email of 8 Oct 2007 (Reliability: 3). [S66] Thompson, Basil. Email of 8 Oct 2007 (Reliability: 3).