Background
Mead, William Richard was born on July 29, 1915 in Aylesbury, Bucks, England. Son of William and Catherine Sarah (Stevens) Mead.
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An Experience of Finland
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In this very personal book, Mead explains on the basis of more than half a century's experience how his interests in Finland developed in parallel with its transformation from a pre-war agrarian economy to a modern welfare state with an advanced technological base. An interpretation of the landscape is accompanied by descriptions of the features - often peculiar to Finland - that stir the five senses. Reactions to daily life and labour are balanced by the response to the state of the arts. There is an introduction to Finland's rich demographic and cartographic sources, there are vignettes of Finns from the past who have been the subject of the author's research, and there is much about Anglo-Finnish relations. The book is not a comprehensive survey, but illustrates familiar topics with a mass of "unconsidered trifles" - a diary here, a manuscript there; an idea here, a critical observation there - to produce an unusual and often intimate picture of Finland and its people.
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A Historical Geography of Scandinavia
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Finland, (Nations of the modern world)
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Book by Mead, W. R
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Farming in Finland
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Winter in Finland;: A study in human geography,
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An Economic Geography of the Scandinavian States and Finland
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William Richard Mead
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Bachelor of Science in Economics, London University, 1937. Master of Science in Economics, London School of Economics, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, 1946.
Doctor of Science in Economics, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Uppsala, Sweden, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Helsinki, Finland, 1969.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Lund, Sweden, 1987.
Career
Lecturer University Liverpool, 1947-1949. Lecturer, reader, professor University College London, England, 1950-1981.
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book
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An Experience of Finland
(In this very personal book, Mead explains on the basis of...)
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A Historical Geography of Scandinavia
(Book by Mead, W.)
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Finland, (Nations of the modern world)
(Book by Mead, W. R)
- Aylesbury Grammar School,1598-1998: A Commemorative Volume
- Farming in Finland
- Winter in Finland;: A study in human geography,
- An Economic Geography of the Scandinavian States and Finland
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An Experience of Finland
Membership
Member Royal Air Force, 1940-1946. Fellow British Academy, London School of Economics (honorary), Royal Geography Society (honorary vice president 1981, Founder's medal), Norwegian Academy of Sciences (honorary), Finnish Academy of Sciences (honorary), Scottish Geography Society (Research medal), Swedish Geography Society (Wahlberg Gold medal, Fennia medal), Orders Lion (Finland) (Commander), White Rose (Finland), Polar Star (Sweden), Order Vasa (Sweden).
