William P.L. Thomson

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William P.L. Thomson, O.B.E. is a contemporary Scottish historian.

He was Rector of Kirkwall Grammar School, in Orkney, from 1971 to 1991, previously having been Principal Teacher of History and Geography at the Anderson High School, Shetland.

His works include:

The Little General and the Rousay Crofters (1981)
Kelp-making in Orkney (1983)
History of Orkney (1987)
Lord Henry Sinclair’s 1492 Rental of Orkney (1996)
The New History of Orkney (2001)