Please answer the following question: Edward William Thomson (February 12 1849 1924) was a Canadian journalist and writer.He was born in Peel County Ontario the grandson of Edward William Thomson a member of the York militia who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada.When Thompson was 14 he was sent to Philadelphia to work in a mercantile office; he enlisted in the Union Army in October 1864 (at 15) and saw action during the American Civil Waras a trooper in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry.Thomson returned to Canada when discharged in August 1865. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Artist