Background
Thomson, Oliver Campbell was born on February 28, 1936 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Son of Oliver James and Linda Marie (Kelly) Thomson.
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Easily Led: History of Propaganda by Oliver Thomson (Illustrated, 25 Mar 1999) Hardcover
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From the Bloody Heart: The Stewarts and the Douglases
(In early medieval Scotland bitter rivalry grew up between...)
In early medieval Scotland bitter rivalry grew up between two immigrant families from Flanders in their struggle for the crown: the Stewarts and the Douglases. From the Bloody Heart covers the period from 1286 to what may be thought of as the "final" defeat of the Stewarts at Culloden in 1745.
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Mass Persuasion in History: an Historical Analysis of the Development of Propaganda Techniques
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The Great Feud: The Campbells & the Macdonalds
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An account of the remarkable rivalry, sometimes bloody conflict, between two great families which originated on the west coast of Scotland - the Campbells and the MacDonalds. Starting with the violent death of the Campbell chief in 1297 the feud then went on for 450 years in Scotland and Northern Ireland, with numerous cullings and clashes inflicted by both sides, amongst which the incident in Glencoe just happens to be the best publicised. Yet despite the mutual antipathy both families continued to grow, to scatter over the world and to produce a large number of talented, energetic descendants including two British prime ministers (Campbell Bannerman and Ramsay MacDonald) and the first Canadian prime minister. The second half of the volume charts this more peaceful period after 1745 when large numbers of both clans spread rapidly around the world: transported as criminals, evicted in clearances, or simply seeking their fortune in peace or war. We follow the families in the American and Napoleonic wars, to India, the West Indies and Australasia. We meet politicians, poets, terrorists, sportsmen and women, entrepreneurs, world speed record holders and a mistress introduced to Kennedy by Sinatra. The fame of both families now rests on fast food (soup and burgers).
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A history of sin
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Illustrated with photographs, woodcuts and line-drawings, this study is an insight into the complex relationship between what a society believes and how it behaves. Driven by envy, idolatry, greed, racism, megalomania or lust, there is no end to the creativity of sinners and no greater challenge than to understand sin. Oliver Thomson's provocative theme is that morality is as subject to fashion and the whims of the rich and powerful in society as any other aspect of human life. What else links the Victorians' disdain for communal swimming to the stoning of grey-haired Zulu kings? What made it a capital offence to see the King of Dahomey eating his meals? How can one account for the Inquisition and the Holocaust, or the brutality of totalitarian regimes or the mass suicide of Jonestown? The common thread is the existence at certain times of moral codes which allow, and often encourage such actions and beliefs. The author's analysis encompasses an amazing breadth of information. Taking examples from virtually every culture and through every historical era. It is, in places, a catalogue of unrestrained evil, touching upon the careers of Attila the Hun, Gengh is Khan, Caligula, the early Popes, the Marquis de Sade, King Henry VIII, Adolf Hitler and Idi Amin, among many others.
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Easily Led: A History of Propaganda
(This fascinating new book plots five millennia of the mos...)
This fascinating new book plots five millennia of the most powerful of all tools of persuasion.
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Oliver Campbell Thomson
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Education
Master of Arts, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, 1959. Diploma Cam, London College Distributors, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Glasgow University, 1994.
Career
Copywriter J. Walter Thompson, London, 1960-1962. Associate director Research.W. Advertising, Glasgow, 1969-1970. Director McAllum Advertising, 1971-1974.
Managing director Charles Barker, Scotland, 1975-1985. Marketing director Holmes McDougall, Edinburgh, 1985-1986. Managing director Levy McCallum Advertising, 1986-2001.
Lecturer Glasgow University, 1966-1986.
Achievements
Works
book
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The Great Feud: The Campbells & the Macdonalds
( An account of the remarkable rivalry, sometimes bloody ...)
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A history of sin
(Illustrated with photographs, woodcuts and line-drawings,...)
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From the Bloody Heart: The Stewarts and the Douglases
(In early medieval Scotland bitter rivalry grew up between...)
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Easily Led: A History of Propaganda
(This fascinating new book plots five millennia of the mos...)
- Easily Led: History of Propaganda by Oliver Thomson (Illustrated, 25 Mar 1999) Hardcover
- The Great Feud the Campbells & the MacDonalds
- Mass Persuasion in History: an Historical Analysis of the Development of Propaganda Techniques
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The Great Feud: The Campbells & the Macdonalds
Membership
Chairman Four Acres Charitable Trust, Glasgow, since 1987, Scottish Indian Pharmacist Association, Edinburgh, 1980-1983. Director Films of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1978-1982, Fablevision, 2002^.
Interests
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Married Jean Patricia Christie, September 10, 1960. Children: Calum, Iain, Margaret.
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British
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1959
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1960
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1994
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1960 - 1962
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1969 - 1970
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1971 - 1974
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1975 - 1985
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1985 - 1986
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1986 - 2001