Norman J. W. Thrower

Norman J. W. Thrower (1919–2020) was an American scholar noted for his work in history, geography, and surveying practices. His areas of expertise included

In 1957, Thrower began working at the University of California, Los Angeles as a professor and retired from the university in 1990.^[2] While at UCLA, Thrower specialized in cartography, remote sensing, and Europe. He was associated with the director of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and directed the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Programs at the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He was also the director of UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Thrower has notes, papers, and correspondence archived at UCLA.^[3]

In addition to his work at UCLA, Thrower was also involved with other organizations. From 1973 to 1975, he was President of the

• Maps & Man; An Examination of Cartography in Relation to Culture and Civilization. Prentice-Hall, 1972.
  OCLC 1086696137
• The Three Voyages of Edmond Halley in the Paramore, 1698-1701. Ashgate, 2010.
  OCLC 774285458
• Sir Francis Drake and the famous voyage, 1577-1580 : essays commemorating the quadricentennial of Drake's circumnavigation of the earth. University of California Press, 1984.
  OCLC 905458932

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