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John Herd Thompson (1946 – July 12, 2019) was a Canadian historian. A leading historian of Canada, Thompson taught North American history at a variety of universities, including Simon Fraser University, McGill University, and Duke University during a 40-year teaching career. After retiring from Duke in 2012, he moved to British Columbia. He died from lung cancer in July 2019.
Thompson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and earned a Ph.D. from Queen’s University in 1975.[1] He co-authored the book Canada 1922-1939: Decades of Discord along with Allen Seager.[2] The book was a finalist for the best non-fiction book in the 1985 Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction.[3]
References
- ^ "Professor Emeritus John Herd Thompson Dies at Age 72". today.duke.edu. 22 July 2019.
- ^ Thompson, John; Seager, Allen. "Canada 1922-1939: Decades of Discord". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "Past GGBooks winners and finalists". Governor General's Literary Awards.
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