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dc.contributor.authorCameron, Chantal
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-17T15:34:26Z
dc.date.available2013-10-17T15:34:26Z
dc.date.issued2013-10-17
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/5089
dc.descriptionJohn N. Jackson was born in Nottingham, England in 1926. He developed a passion for landforms and geography from his father, a high school math and science teacher who had studied geology. During the Second World War, he served in the British Navy. He received his BA from the University of Birmingham, and a PhD from the University of Manchester. After spending a year as a visiting professor at the University of British Columbia, he was hired in 1965 as the founding head of the Geography Department at Brock University. He taught at Brock for more than 25 years, immersing himself in the geography and history of the Niagara area. He became particularly interested in the history of the Welland Canals. He authored 20 books on various topics, including land use in Niagara, the history of St. Catharines, the Welland Canal, and railways in the Niagara Peninsula. He died in 2010, at the age of 84.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe papers consist of research material acquired by John N. Jackson. Most of the materials are magazine and journal articles, as well as some news clippings, slides, maps, newsletters and correspondence. The subject of most of the material is agriculture and urban sprawl in Niagara and southern Ontario. There is also some information on the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia.en_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries;RG 483
dc.subjectJackson, John N.en_US
dc.subjectLand use--Ontario--Niagara Peninsula.en_US
dc.subjectAgriculture--Ontario--Niagara Peninsula.en_US
dc.subjectAgriculture--British Columbia--Okanagan Valley (Region)en_US
dc.titleJohn N. Jackson papers, 1960-1989, n.d.en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-04T03:09:07Z


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