Ian Thompson

IAN THOMPSON graduated from the Universities of Durham and Indiana. He held lecturing posts in the universities of Leeds, Southampton and Miami University Ohio before being appointed to the Chair of Geography at Glasgow University in 1976. He is now a Professor at the University of Glasgow, and a leading expert on Jules Verne. He was made an Honorary Life Fellow of La Société de Géographie (Paris) in 2003 and awarded the rank of Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Government in 2005. He is an author, translator and editor of over 20 books on economic and social development.

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