Background
Thompson, Catharine Joan Ward was born on December 5, 1952 in Headington, Oxfordshir, England. Daughter of Peter Michaeljohn and Janet Mary (Bruce) Ward.
Thompson, Catharine Joan Ward was born on December 5, 1952 in Headington, Oxfordshir, England. Daughter of Peter Michaeljohn and Janet Mary (Bruce) Ward.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Southampton, England, 1972. Diploma in landscape architect, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1974.
Landscape assistant Justice & Webb Landscape Architect, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1974-1975. Landscape architect W.J. Cairns & Partners, Edinburgh, 1976-1981. Lecturer Edinburgh College Art/Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom, 1981-1988, head school landscape architecture England, 1989—2000, member landscape design and research unit England, 1989-2000, director research, environmental studies England, 2000—2002, professor England, since 2000, director OPENspace research center England, since 2001, research professor in landscape architecture England, since 2002.
Landscape consultant Bield Housing Association, Scotland, 1977-1984, W.J. Cairns & Partners, Edinburgh, 1981-1983. Principal Latter Day Saints Associates, Edinburgh, 1986-1989. Visiting research scholar Harvard University, 1994-1995, University Pennsylvania, 1994-1995.
Landscape advisory Forestry Commission, since 1998. Director, trustee Landscape Design Trust, since 2002.
Member gardens advisory committee Edinburgh Zoological Gardens, since 1988. Member (advisory) Manifesto Festival of Architecture and the Built Environment, Edinburgh, 1995. Fellow Royal Society Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce, Landscape Institute.
Member Landscape Institute Scotland.
Married Henry Swift Thompson, December 30, 1983. Children: Emma, James, Joanna.