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Thomas Simpson is a Reader in Environmental History at the University of Warwick, where he also serves as the Director of First-Year Studies and Impact Director. He has a significant background in historical research with a specific focus on environmental climate sciences. His work delves into the intersection of environmental history, science, and imperial colonial history, particularly within the context of British India and its mountainous and desert-bound frontiers. Currently, he is involved in the Making Climate History project at the University of Cambridge, co-writing a book that explores the long history of global temperature concepts from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth centuries. His research aims to illuminate the development of thermometry and the extension of temperature records through imperial networks. Additionally, Simpson is co-convening the Warwick Map History Research Group and serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Anthropocene History. He has published extensively on topics related to climate, cartography, and the historical impacts of imperialism on environmental knowledge systems. His contributions to the field include both articles and chapters in various academic publications as well as a book titled 'Frontier British India: Space, Science, Power Nineteenth Century'.
University of Warwick • Coventry, England
Teaching and research in Environmental History.
University of Warwick • Coventry, England
Associate Professor in Environmental History.
Making Climate History, University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England
Research on climate history.
Gonville Caius College, University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England
Research fellowship in history.
Royal Holloway, University of London • London, England
Teaching history courses.
Includes General, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Biomedical, and Manufacturing Engineering. Most programs fall under English Band A.