John D. Eyles | |
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Born | 1946 (age 76–77) |
Academic background | |
Education | BA, MSc, London School of Economics PhD, University of London |
Thesis | Sense of place: an investigation of the relationships between theory, observation and explanation (1983) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | McMaster University |
Doctoral students | Michelle Driedger |
John David Eyles (born 1946) [1] is a British-Canadian geographer. In 2001,he was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. [2] Eyles is currently within the School of Geography and Earth Sciences at McMaster University,but holds appointments in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics,Sociology,and the Centre for Health Economics and Policy analysis. [3]
Eyles completed his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science at the London School of Economics and his PhD at the University of London. [4] He completed his dissertation,"Sense of place:an investigation of the relationships between theory,observation and explanation," in 1983. [5] Following his PhD,Eyles joined the faculty at McMaster University in Hamilton,Ontario in 1988. [4]
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