What is Murray Thomson?
[[File:Murray McCheyne Thomson.jpg|thumb|250px|Thomson in September 2015]] '''Murray McCheyne Thomson''' {{Small|[[Order of Canada|OC]]}} (December 19, 1922 − May 2, 2019) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] peace activist. He was known as a founder of many [[non-profit organization]]s in Canada, including [[Peace Brigades International]] and [[Project Ploughshares]]. He was awarded in 1990 with the [[Pearson Medal of Peace]]. In 2001, he was named an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]]. He was born in Taokow, [[Henan|Honan]], [[China]] where his parents were [[Christian]] [[Missionary|missionaries]]. He was a [[Quaker]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://quaker.org/legacy/peaceweb/poquak01.html|title=Murray Thomson|website=Quaker.org|access-date=May 6, 2019}}</ref> Thomson died in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] on May 2, 2019. He was 96.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pulpitandpolitics.ca/2019/05/peace-activist-murray-thomson-dies-at-96/|title=Peace activist Murray Thomson dies at 96|website=Pulpit and Politics|date=May 2019|author=Gruending, Dennis|access-date=May 6, 2019|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504172810/https://www.pulpitandpolitics.ca/2019/05/peace-activist-murray-thomson-dies-at-96/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, Murray}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian activists]] [[Category:Canadian Christians]] [[Category:Order of Canada]] [[Category:People from Ontario]] [[Category:Quakers]] {{Bio-stub}}