T. T. Paterson

Doctor Thomas Thomson Paterson (1909-1994), archaeologist, palaeontologist, geologist, glaciologist, geographer, anthropologist, ethnologist, sociologist, and world authority on administration,[1] was curator of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge from 1937 to 1948. He gained his Ph.D. at Cambridge and became a Fellow of Trinity College.[2]

In the 1930s Paterson participated in several Arctic expeditions,[3] during which time collected many string figures, leading to his 1949 article, "Eskimo String Figures and Their Origin," Acta Arctica 3:1-98. He also participated in expeditions to East Africa, India, Greenland and Northern Canada.[2]

A trouble-shooter for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, after which he studied industrial relations in the British National Coal Board in detail.[2]

While at the University of Glasgow in the Department of Social and Economic Research he founded Methectics, now Methexis.[2] He then transferred to the University of Strathclyde and built its School of Administration to the largest in Europe.[2] He spent time researching in South Africa before moving to Canada.[2]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Thomson Paterson (1909 - 1994)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Who was Thomas Thomson Paterson?", WorkScienceInstitute.com.
  3. ↑ "String Figure Magazine" Volume 3, number 1 (March 1998), ISFA.org.


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