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]
Bibliography
- Morale in War and Work: An experiment in the management of men (1955). Max Parrish, London
- Management Theory (1966). Business Publications Limited, London.
- Job Evaluation: Volume 1 - A New Method (1972). Business Books Limited, London.
- Job Evaluation: Volume 2 - A Manual for the Paterson Method (1972). Business Books Limited, London.
Further reading
- Paterson, Dr. E. T. (1996). "Thomas Thomson Paterson (obit.)", Yearbook of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1289.[1]
Sources
- 1 2 Thomas Thomson Paterson (1909 - 1994)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Who was Thomas Thomson Paterson?", WorkScienceInstitute.com.
- ↑ "String Figure Magazine" Volume 3, number 1 (March 1998), ISFA.org.