Author: Stephen C. Compton
Alternate names: S.C. Compton
Bio: <b><a href="http://www.exoduslost.com/about_the_author.html">Stephen Compton</a></b> is a writer on Mesoamerican history.  He obtained his undergraduate education from <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a> and, via <a href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/shimerinoxfordprogram.cfm">Shimer's Oxford study abroad program</a>, Oxford University. He subsequently obtained master's degrees from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University.  In his book <i>Exodus Lost</i> (2011), based on 14 years of research, Compton advanced a controversial but pathbreaking thesis on the origins of the Olmec civilization, adducing powerful evidence to link the Old and New Worlds.   (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Stephen_Compton">Shimer College Wiki</a>)