Canadian biographies (3 Vol, John Alexander Swettenham, 1968)

Thomson's life and mysterious death is a popular subject of Canadian biography and poetry.

Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian biography, pioneer settlers of Manitoba, 1891-1900, V. J. Kaye, editor and compiler (Toronto, 1975).

Randall Wakelam says "Canadian biographies and memoirs carry two themes: innovative and hard driving commander; cold and uninspiring leader."

A cyclopædia of Canadian biography ..., HW Charlesworth (1919)

The Canadian men and women of the time a handbook of Canadian biography, HJ Morgan (1898)

Published annually to provide current and accurate information, the familiar bright-red volume is recognised as the standard reference source of contemporary Canadian biography.

A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography being chiefly men of the time , GM Rose (1886)

Charlesworth, Hector W., A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century, 1919, page 132 (reproduced at Ourroots.