1942
Dr. Thompson is born in Leicester, England to David and Alice Thompson.
1964
Dr. Thompson receives a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cambridge.
1966
Dr. Thompson becomes a college lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge.
1968
Dr. Thompson receives a Master of Arts from the University of Cambridge.
1969
Dr. Thompson marries Margaret Clague and receives a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge.
1970
Dr. Thompson becomes a university lecturer at the University of Cambridge.
1972
Dr. Thompson authors “Nonconformity in the Nineteenth Century.”
1979
Dr Thompson is elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
1982
Dr. Thompson authors “Let Sects and Parties Fall.”
1986
Dr. Thompson receives a Bachelor of Divinity from the University of Cambridge.
1995
Dr. Thompson becomes the Director of the Center for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies at the University of Cambridge.
1996
Dr. Thompson serves as Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church.
1998
Dr. Thompson serves as Moderator of the Disciples of Ecumenical Consultative Council.
2000
Dr. Thompson serves as President of the World Convention of Churches of Christ.
2001
Dr. Thompson is appointed Reader in Modern Church History at the University of Cambridge.
2002
Dr. Thompson becomes President of Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge.
2005
Dr. Thompson authors “Baptism, Church and Society in Modern Britain.”
2007
Dr. Thompson becomes Professor of Modern Church History at the University of Cambridge.
2011
Dr. Thompson becomes an Ecumenical Canon of Ely Cathedral.
2014
Dr. Thompson authors “Religious Life in Mid-19th-Century Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.”