George Thompson (engineer)

George Thompson
Born	(1839-03-26)26 March 1839 Greenwich, Kent, England, U.K.
Died	March 1876 (1876-04) (aged 36) Asunción, Paraguay
Allegiance	Paraguay
Service/branch	Paraguayan Army
Rank	Lieutenant-colonel
Battles/wars	Paraguayan War
Children	3

George Thompson (1839–1876) was a British engineer and military officer who was in charge of the Paraguayan military engineering during the Paraguayan War. He later wrote a history of this conflict that became one of the main sources on the subject.