Thompson, Joseph J. (Joseph James), 1868-1930

found: Thompson on insurance, 1914:title page (Joseph J. Thompson, LL. B. [i.e. Bachelor of Law], of the Chicago Bar, professor of the law of insurance, Loyola University, Chicago)

found: Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, Diamond Jubilee history, 1928:title page (compiled and edited by Joseph J. Thompson, LL. D., author and compiler of Archdiocese of Chicago: antecedents and development, Knights of Columbus in Illinois, Holy Family Parish, and editor in chief, Illinois Catholic historical review)

found: Mid-America: an historical review, October 1930:pages 164-165 (Joseph Thompson, first editor of the Illinois Catholic historical review [predecessor title to Mid-America]; born 1868 in Alexis, Illinois, near Bloomington; died June 27, 1930, in Evanston, Illinois; served as editor of the Illinois Catholic historical review from 1918 to 1927; he was a lawyer by profession, with a special interest in insurance law; his volume on insurance law was published by Loyola University Press in 1914; he was appointed Illinois State Insurance Commissioner in 1914; belonged to the Knights of Columbus and served as State Deputy for the state of Illinois; wrote a number of works on Catholic church history in Illinois; compiler of Archdiocese of Chicago: antecedents and development)