The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill · Character
John Henry Thompson
Journalist and editor of the Examiner, a friend of Mill.
minor
Also known as Fonblanque
First appearance: iii
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Mentioned as Fonblanque, a partial ally divergent on many points.
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With John Stuart Mill (friendship): Thompson was a fellow utilitarian and friend who participated in Mill's early debating circles. In Chapter IV: Mentioned as Fonblanque, a partial ally divergent on many points.
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- Mill's Intellectual Circle
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