Jon Thompson
Dr. Thompson recently retired as May Beattie Fellow in Carpet Studies at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology and the Khalili Research Centre, at the University of Oxford. He continues to teach courses at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He is the author of numerous publications on carpets, including Timbuktu to Tibet, Exotic Rugs & Textiles from New York Collectors (2008), Milestones in the History of Carpets (2006), Silk 13th to 18th Centuries: Treasures from the Museum of Islamic Art Qatar (2004), Hunt for Paradise, Court Arts of Safavid Iran 1501-1576 (co-editor and co-author, 2003), The Nomadic Peoples of Iran (co-editor and co-author, 2002), Textiles through the Ages (co-editor and co-author, 2002), Silk, Carpets and the Silk Road (1988) and Carpet Magic (1983). Prior to his distinguished career as a specialist in the arts of the carpet, Dr. Thompson was a Consultant Physician at The London Hospital, Bethnal Green (1973-79), and a Lecturer in Medicine at University College Hospital, London (1969-73) and The London Hospital, Whitehapel (1966-69).
