Norcliffe, Glen (B.) 1943-

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NORCLIFFE, Glen (B.) 1943-

PERSONAL:

Born May 8, 1943, in West Kirby, Cheshire, England; son of Roy and Joan (Cooke) Norcliffe; married Mary Hucks, 1967; children: Hilary, Brian. Ethnicity: "Homo sapiens." Education: Cambridge University, B.A., 1965, M.A., 1969; University of Toronto, M.A., 1967; University of Bristol, Ph.D., 1970. Politics: Social Democrat. Religion: "Atheist." Hobbies and other interests: Cycling, running.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of Geography, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada.

CAREER:

York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, professor of geography, 1970—. Government of Kenya, planning advisor to Ministry of Finance, 1975-76.

MEMBER:

International Veteran Cycle Association (secretary general, 1999—).

WRITINGS:

Inferential Statistics for Geographers, Halsted Press (New York, NY), 1977, 2nd edition published as Inferential Statistics for Geographers: An Introduction, Hutchinson (London, England), 1982.

(Editor, with Tom Pinfold) Development Planning in Kenya: Essays on the Planning Process and Policy Issues, Department of Geography, Atkinson College, York University (Downsview, Ontario, Canada), 1980.

(Editor, with Tom Pinfold) Planning African Development, Westview Press (Boulder, CO), 1981.

(With Donald B. Freeman) Rural Enterprise in Kenya: Development and Spatial Organization of the Nonfarm Sector, Department of Geography, University of Chicago (Chicago, IL), 1985.

(Editor, with Paul Simpson-Housley) A Few Acres of Snow: Literary and Artistic Images of Canada, Dundurn Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1992.

The Ride to Modernity: The Bicycle in Canada, 1869-1900, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2001.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Global Game, Local Arena, for ISER Press (St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada).

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Annals of the Association of American Geographers, December, 1993, Caedmon Staddon, review of A Few Acres of Snow: Literary and Artistic Images of Canada, p. 745.

Business History Review, winter, 2001, Colin Harris, review of The Ride to Modernity: The Bicycle in Canada, 1869-1900, p. 873.

Essays on Canadian Writing, spring, 1995, Graeme Wynn, review of A Few Acres of Snow, p. 40.

Journal of Developing Areas, January, 1983, James Cobbe, review of Planning African Development, p. 273.

Urban History Review, March, 2002, Sharon Babaian, review of The Ride to Modernity, p. 55.