| 词条 | Norman Pounds |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Norman Pounds | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 23 February 1912 | birth_place = 13 Kensington Gardens Bath, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|03|24|1912|02|23|df=yes}} | death_place = | death_cause = Leukaemia | discipline = Geography and history | sub_discipline = | movement = | religion = | denomination = | education = | alma_mater = Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University of London | thesis_title = | workplaces = University of Cambridge Indiana University | notable_works = | awards = }}Norman John Greville Pounds (23 February 1912 – 24 March 2006) was an English geographer and historian. He wrote over 30 books, primarily on the history and geography of Europe from several different time periods.[1] Early life and careerPounds grew up in Bath, England, where he was born on 23 February 1912. He went to three schools in the area. The first two were Church of England schools which began his opposition to organised religion. He attended King Edward's School on a scholarship between 1923 and 1931. He then studied at Fitzwilliam House at University of Cambridge where hereceived a diploma in education.[2] He became a geography and history teacher at Falmouth Grammar School in Cornwall between 1935 and 1944.[2] When the Second World War broke out in 1939, he was declared medically unfit for active service and instead worked as a firewatcher.[1] He also spent this time writing his PhD on the historical geography of Cornwall and received a first-class geography and history BA degree from the University of London. Pounds began teaching geography at The University of Cambridge in 1945 before moving onto Indiana University in the 1950s where he was a geography professor until 1968. He continued to teach at various institutions for several decades, finally stopping in 2004 at the age of 92.[2] Personal lifePounds' father, John Greville Pounds (1883-1935), was a compositor and his mother, Camilla Martha Minnie née Fisher (1884-1963) was a teacher. He married Dorothy Josephine Mitchell (1910-1989) in 1938.[2] He died on 24 March 2006 of Leukaemia which he was diagnosed with at age 87.[1] Further reading
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|last1=Searby|first1=Peter|title=Norman Pounds|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/13/guardianobituaries.obituaries|website=The Guardian|accessdate=4 February 2017|date=12 April 2006}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Pounds, Norman}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last1=Goldman|first1=Lawrence|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=9780199671540|page=918|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nbGcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA918&lpg=PA918&dq=norman+pounds+1912-2006&source=bl&ots=FVC06CpD3j&sig=JPgCLnjqIZ1Q0PRbb_5PK-VlL-o&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcyMnSpPXRAhUBI8AKHVvtDwQQ6AEIOjAG#v=onepage&q=norman%20pounds%201912-2006&f=false|language=en}} 10 : People educated at King Edward's School, Bath|Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge|Alumni of the University of London|1912 births|2006 deaths|English geographers|English historians|Indiana University faculty|Deaths from leukemia|Historical geographers |
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