Cloud, Minnesota 1888, died 7 November 1965)[1] was an American ichthyologist and fisheries scientist.
He researched the exploitation and management of the stocks of Pacific halibut[2] for the fisheries department in British Columbia in the early 20th century, as well as the restoration Fraser River sockeye salmon run in the mid twentieth century.
[1] Thompson attended Stanford University for his doctoral research.
His dissertation was titled, The biology of the halibut, with particular reference to marking experiments.
[3] He completed the research for his dissertation in 1930 at the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California.