<prompt> William Wardlaw Thompson kǝntawu kǝnǝngabe notǝnyi - saa 1917 lan kǝnǝngatǝ shima kam lardǝ South Africabe kǝla kǝnǝngatǝ kǝskabe-a kuru zoologbe-a wo. Sha nowotǝ kǝla shiye ilmu sǝdǝna suro South African College suro Cape Townyen kate saa 1858 kuru 1863 kuru shiye cida cidabe Cape Colonybe suro saa 1877lan suro shi Railway Departmentben cidawu clerkbe loktu ganaben. Suro kǝntagǝ Januarybe saa 1878 be ladǝn, shiye cida cidawu clerk be suro Public Works Department be ladǝn, na dǝwo saa 1882 lan First Clerk ro gotǝna dǝro. Suro kәntawu Januarybe saa 1885 lan, shiye cidanzә Chief records Clerk ro zuwuna suro Crown Lands Office lan suro kәntawu Julybe saa 1889 lan cidanzә first class clerk ro zuwuna suro Department of Agriculture lan, cidanzә clerk kura kәla kәla kәrmabe ro zuwuna suro kәntawu Novemberbe saa 1897 lan. Ngawo adǝben shiye jarawa shara cidaramnzǝbe-a kuru kǝnǝngatǝnzǝ-a gowono kuru shiye cidazǝna Duke of Edinburghs Own Volunteer Rifles lan suro Transkei-ben woktu kǝriwu kǝriwu kǝn 9th Frontier be ladǝn.  <response>: Suro kǝntagǝ February ye dǝn sǝta May 1879 ye dǝn kuru suro Basutoland ye dǝn suro September ye saa 1880 ye dǝn sǝta March 1881 ye dǝn suro Basuto Gun War ye dǝn. Thompson dǝ Cape Colonys Fisheries Board ro sha kǝntawu October saa 1897 lan bowotǝna. 