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Lamson may refer to:

Surname

  • Chuck Lamson (1939–2015), American football player
  • Father Lamson, 19th-century American eccentric, attended abolitionist meetings in a long white beard and white robe, and carrying a large scythe
  • Fred I. Lamson (1910–1981), American politician, Mayor of Malden, Massachusetts, and member of the Massachusetts Senate
  • George Henry Lamson (1852–1882), American doctor and murderer
  • Gertrude Lamson, or Nance O'Neil (1874–1965), American actress of stage and silent cinema of the early 20th century
  • Laura Lamson (1948–2008), American screenwriter and university lecturer, based in England throughout her career
  • Lucy Stedman Lamson (1857–1926), American business woman, educator
  • Otis Lamson (1876–1956), American football player and coach
  • Roswell Lamson (1838–1903), officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War
  • William Lamson (born 1977), American installation, performance and generative artist

Middle name

Buildings

  • Lamson Farm, a working 18th century farm and town-owned conservation land in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
  • Newton Lamson House, historic house at 33 Chestnut Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts
  • Rufus Lamson House, historic house at 72-74 Hampshire Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ships

  • USS Lamson (DD-18), Smith class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I
  • USS Lamson (DD-328), Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I
  • USS Lamson (DD-367), Mahan-class destroyer of the United States Navy named for Roswell Hawkes Lamson

Engineering

  • Lamson L-106 Alcor, American, high-wing, experimental, pressurized research glider
  • Lamson tube, systems in which cylindrical containers are propelled through a network of tubes by compressed air or by partial vacuum
  • Lamson Engineering Company Ltd, the best known British manufacturer of Cash Ball, Rapid Wire and Pneumatic tube delivery systems from 1937 to 1976
  • Lamson PL-1 Quark, American high-wing, single-seat, glider that was designed and constructed by Philip Lamson, first flying in early 1965

Other

  • Battle of Lamson or Operation Lam Son 719, offensive campaign conducted in Laos by the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam in 1971
  • Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, houses one of the largest collections of theological books in the United States

See also

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