William Robert Thompson (1923/1924 – October 22, 1979) was a French-born Canadian psychologist.
With John L. Fuller, he co-authored a 1960 book entitled Behavior Genetics that is credited with launching the field of behavioral genetics.
[1][2][3][4] Thompson was born in Toulon, France, in either 1923[5][6] or 1924, to Canadian parents.
At Hebb's suggestion, Thompson began working at the Jackson Laboratory, where he began working in Fuller's lab in 1952, doing research with mice.
[5][8] He was a recipient of a 1978–1979 James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowship.