Question: Facts: - death place: paihia , new zealand - caption: andrew thomson , may 2011 - birth name: andrew william john thomson - death date: 26 december 2014 - children: 2 - birth date: 26 january 1936 - image: andrew thomson -lrb- academic -rrb- 1.jpg - birth place: stockton on tees , england - occupation: academic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of andrew thomson -lrb- academic -rrb- .
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professor andrew william john thomson , obe , fbam -lrb- 26 january 1936 -- 26 december 2014 -rrb- was a british academic and historian who specialized in management education and industrial relations .