Lawrence S. Thompson

{{Short description|American librarian (1916–1986)}}

Lawrence Sidney Thompson (1916–1986) worked at the University of Kentucky as the Director of Libraries and as a faculty member in the classics department. He wrote extensively on the processes of printing and publication. Thompson also researched processes for cataloging materials, frequently corresponding with European colleagues.{{cite web|first=Greg|last=Seltzer|title=Lawrence S. Thompson papers, 1914-1961|publisher=University of Kentucky Special Collections|url=https://exploreuk.uky.edu/fa/findingaid/?id=xt7ns17snm3z}}

He was director of the Margaret I. King Library at the University of Kentucky from 1948 to 1963.{{cite book|title=Lawrence Thompson, ex-director of UK libraries, dies at age of 69|publisher=Herald-Leader|date=April 21, 1986|page=A-13 col. 3–5|url=http://kentuckyroom.org/node/497940|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607011224/http://kentuckyroom.org/node/497940|archive-date=2014-06-07}}

He was the author of Human Skin,{{cite journal|first=Lawrence|last=Thompson|authorlink=Lawrence S. Thompson|title=Human Skin|journal=Bulletin of the Medical Library Association|date=April 1946|volume=v.34(2)|issue=2|pages=93–102|pmc=194573|pmid=16016722}} a paper on Anthropodermic bibliopegy.