Monday, May 23, 2022

Basic timeline of Marshall McLuhan

This post is a basic timeline of media theorist Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980). There are 19 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • 1911: Born in Edmonton, Canada
  • 1915: Moves to Winnipeg, Canada with family
  • 1928: Enrolls at the University of Manitoba
  • 1934: Enrolls at the University of Cambridge
  • 1936: Becomes teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 1937: Begins teaching at Saint Louis University
  • 1944: Begins teaching at Assumption College
  • 1946: Begins teaching at the University of Toronto
  • 1950's: Establishes academic journal Explorations with Edmund Carpenter
  • 1951: Publishes The Mechanical Bridge
  • 1962: Publishes The Gutenberg Galaxy
  • 1963: Establishes the Centre for Culture and Technology
  • 1964: Publishes Understanding Media
  • 1967: Begins teaching at Fordham University
  • 1967: Publishes The Medium is the Massage with Jerome Angle
  • 1968: Moves back to the University of Toronto
  • 1968: Publishes War and Peace in the Global Village
  • 1970: Publishes From Cliché to Archetype
  • 1980: Died at age 69 in Toronto, Canada