James (Diego) Thomson: A Bibliography

1. Thomson's writings

1820. “The Circulation of Scriptures at Buenos Ayres”, New Evangelical  Magazine, VII: 122-123.

1823. Epitome de Gramática Inglesa. Lima: J.A. López.

1827. “Informe XXI de la Sociedad de escuelas británicas y extranjeras a la junta general celebrada en   Londres el 15 de Mayo de 1826”. El Repertorio Americano, Tomo II: 58-80.

1827. Letters on the Moral and Religious State of South America. London: James Nisbet.

1837. Union Liturgy. London: James Nisbet.

1840. Family and Individual Prayers. Montreal: Campbell and Becket.

1843. “Vocabulary and grammatical features [Yucatan Maya]”. Unpublished ms. Bible Society Collection, Cambridge University Library. BFBS mss. 353.

1845. Tour in Yucatan: Together with brief notices of travels in Buenos Ayres, Chile,   Ecuador, N. Granada, Venezuela, Mexico, all the West Indian Islands, the United States, Canada, N. Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Unpublished ms. Bible Society Collection, Cambridge University Library.

1847. The Critical Sources of the Complutensian Polyglott. London: Partridge and  Oakey.

1847. “South America - 1”, Evangelical Christendom, vol.I  (May): 154-158.

1847. “South America - 2”, Evangelical Christendom, vol.I  (June): 187-190.

1847. “South America - 3”, Evangelical Christendom, vol.I  (August): 251-254.

1847. “South America - 4”, Evangelical Christendom, vol.I  (September): 287-288.

1847. “South America - 5”, Evangelical Christendom, vol.I  (October): 316-318.

1847. “South America - 6”, Evangelical Christendom, vol.I  (November): 349-350.

1847. “South America - 7”, Evangelical Christendom, vol.I  (December): 387-389.

1848. “Spain. Death of Mrs. Thomson: And Difficulties of Protestant Sepulture”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. II (March): 117-119.

1849. “Spain”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. III (April): 141-143.

1849. “Portugal”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. III (July): 216-218.

1849. “Spain: El Catolicismo Neto—A New Religious Periodical in Spanish”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. III (August): 219-221.

1849. “Spain: On British Protestant Cemeteries in Madrid and Barcelona”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. III (September): 276-279.

1849. “Spain: On British Protestant Burial Grounds and Religious Toleration”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. III (October): 299-301.

1849. “Portugal: Burial Ground at Lisbon”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. III (October): 301-302.

1850.  Incense for the Christian Altar. London: Partridge and Oakey.

1850.  Incense for the Private Altar. London: Partridge and Oakey.

1850. “Spain: Catolicismo Neto”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. IV (February): 46-49.

1850. “Spain: Garcia Blanco”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. IV (March): 87-89.

1850. “Spain: Indications of an Increasing Preparedness for the Reception of the Truth”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. IV (April): 109-112.

1850. “Spain: Awakening Religious Inquiry among the People”, Evangelical  Christendom, vol. IV (May): 153-157.

1850. “Autobiography of  Don Juan Calderon, a Spanish Priest – 1”[1], Evangelical Christendom, vol. IV (August): 230-234.

1850. “Autobiography of  Don Juan Calderon, a Spanish Priest –2”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. IV (September): 260-264.

1850. “Autobiography of  Don Juan Calderon, a Spanish Priest – 3”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. IV (October): 295-299.

1850. “Autobiography of  Don Juan Calderon, a Spanish Priest – 4”, Evangelical Christendom, vol. IV (November): 327-321.

1851. British Religious Liberty Abroad and General Religious Liberty in all Nations. London: Partridge and Oakey.

1852. "Spain", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.I No.V: 161-167.

1852. "Spain", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.I No.VI: 201-207.

1852. "Spain", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.I No.VII: 241-248.

1853. "Spain", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.II No.VIII: 1-9.

1853. "Spain", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.II No.IX: 41-48.

1853. "Spain", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.II No.X: 81-86.

1853. "Spain - Appendix", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.II No.X1: 154-160.

1853. "Spain - Appendix II", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.II No.XII: 180-184.

1853. "Spain, with Spanish America, etc. - Appendix III", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.II No.XIII: 201-206.

1853. "Queen Maria Luisa of Spain and the Scriptures". Christian Family Advocate, Vol II No. XV: 281-282.

1853. "British Envoys Abroad", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.II No.XIV: 249-256.

1853. "Morocco as a Mission Field", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.II No.XV: 290-294.

1853. "New Penal Code in Portugal", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.II No.XVI: 344-347.

1853. "Portugal", Christian Family Advocate, Vol. II No. XVII: 380-385.

1853. "A Protestant Marriage in Portugal", Christian Family Advocate, Vol.II No.XVIII: 424-425.

1853.  Spain, Its Position and Evangeliza­tion, also Protestant Religious Liberty Abroad, the Conduct of British Envoys, Interesting Mission in Portugal and its Dangers, with Notices of the Empire of Morocco.[2] London: Partridge and Oakey.

n.d. “Origin of the inhabitants of the N. World generally: of the Mexicans in particular.” Unpublished ms. Bible Society Collection, Cambridge University Library.

n.d. “Memoranda”. Unpublished notes. Bible Society Collection, Cambridge University Library.

Thomson, James and Vicente Rocafuerte. 1827. Representacion de la Sociedad británica y  estrangera de escuelas mútuas, dirigida al congreso de Tacubaya, y presentada el 7 de  junio de 1829 al gobierno general de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos por el encargado de los negocios de dicha sociedad. British Library: 9770.bb.19.(19).

2. Articles

Browning, Webster E.  1921.  “Joseph Lancaster, James Thomson, and the Lancasterian System  of  Mutual Instruction, with Special Reference to Hispanic America”.  Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb.), pp. 49-98.

Caruso, Marcelo and Eugenia Roldán Vera. 2005. “Pluralizing Meanings: The Monitorial System of Education  in Latin America in the Early Nineteenth Century.” Paedagogica Historica, 41.6: 645-654. 

Canclini, Arnoldo. 1987. Diego Thomson: Apóstol de la enseñanza y distribución  de la Biblia en América y España. Buenos Aires: Asociación Sociedad Bíblica Argentina.

Eaton, Kent A. 2003. “Translation Was Not Enough: The Ecumenical and Educational Efforts of James ‘Diego’ Thomson and the British and Foreign Bible Society” in Glen C. Scorgie, Mark L. Strauss, and Steven M. Voth, eds. The Challenge of Bible Translation: Communicating God’s Word to the World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan: 213-233.

Gutiérrez Sánchez, Tomás J. 2010. “Diego Thomson en el Perú: el factor protestante en los  inicios de la República, 1822-1824” in Carlos Mondragón, ed.  Ecos del Bicentenario: El protestantismo y las   nuevas repúblicas latinoamericanos. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Kairos: 143-169.

Mitchell, Donald R. 1972. “The Evangelical Contribution of James Thomson to South American Life (1818-1825)”, Ph.D thesis. Prin­ceton: Princeton Theological Seminary.

Mitchell, Bill. 1990.  “James Thomson and Bible Translation in Andean Languages”, Bible Translator, 41.3: 341-5.

----------. 1991. “Diego Thomson: A study in Scotland and South America (1818-1825)”, Bulletin of the Scottish Institute of Missionary Studies, 6-7: 66-75.

----------. 1993. “Diego Thomson: Precursor de la traducción bíblica en la época moderna”, La Biblia en las Américas, 48.3: 21-23.

----------. 2011. “Diego Thomson in the Americas (1818-1844): Monitorial schools, nation- building and the Kingdom of God”. Paper presented at  the Yale-Edinburgh Missions and Education Conference, June 30–July 2, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT.

Muñoz  Condell, David. 2009. Rev. Diego Thompson (1788-1854). Educador y Promotor de  las Sagradas Escrituras. Santiago: Unión Bautista de Chile.

Racine, Karen. 2008. “Commercial Christianity: The British and Foreign Bible Society’s Interest in Spanish America, 1805–1830.” Bulletin of Latin American Research, 27.1:78-98.

Roldán Vera, Eugenia. 2009. ‘Thomson, James (1788–1854)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,   Oxford University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/100750]

----------. 2007. “Export as Import: James Thomson’s Civilising Mission in South America, 1818-1825” in Eugenia Roldán Vera and Marcelo Caruso, eds.  Importing  Modernity in Postcolonial State Formation: The Appropriation of Political, Educational,  and Cultural Models in Nineteenth-Century Latin America. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 231-276.

Roldán Vera, Eugenia and Thomas Schupp. 2006. “Network Analysis in comparative social  sciences”, Comparative Education, 42.3: 405-429.

Varetto, Juan C. 1918.  Diego Thomson, Apóstol de la Instrucción Pública e Iniciador de la Obra Evangélica en la América Latina. Buenos Aires: Convención Evangélica Bautista .

[1] Articles translated from Spanish by James Thomson.

[2] Compiled from articles published in the Christian Family Advocate in 1852-3.