William Thompson, American archer (born 1848)

Will Henry Thompson was an American archer, poet and lawyer. [Robert P. Elmer, who knew Will personally, writes in his book Target Archery 1946,pp. 32–33, "It is well to settle at once some facts regarding their names. ...Will is complete in itself and was not a diminutive of William". ]his brother Maurice, he was a founder of the National Archery Association in 1879 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Maurice was the inaugural president and William was president in 1882, 1903 and 1904.