He was a friend of Joseph Dalton Hooker and helped write the first volume of Flora Indica.
During 1847–48, Thomson served on the Kashmir Boundary Commission under the leadership of Alexander Cunningham.
He became Superintendent of the Honourable East India Company's Botanic Garden at Calcutta and was the Naturalist to and Member of the Tibet Mission.
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