Marshall McLuhan

· Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 21, 1911.
· University of Manitoba: B. A., 1932; M. A., 1934.
· Cambridge University: B. A., 1936; M. A., 1939; Ph. D., 1942.
· Taught at University of Wisconsin (Madison): 1936-1937.
· Taught at St. Louis University: 1937-1944.
· Taught at Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario): 1944-1946.
· Taught at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto: 1946-1979.
· Full professor: 1952.
· Chairman of Ford Foundation Seminar on Culture and Communication: 1953-1955.
· Co-Editor of Explorations magazine: 1954-1959.
Director of Project in Understanding New Media for National Association of Educational Broadcasters and U. S. Office of Education: 1959-1960.
“Understanding Media, first published in 1964, focuses on the media effects that permeate society and culture, but McLuhan’s starting point is always the individual, because he defines media as technological extensions of the body” (Gordon, 2002).
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In March 1967, NBC aired “This is Marshall McLuhan” in its Experiment in TV series.
Died in Toronto, 31 December, 1980.
(http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/cv.html)

Over his illustrious career, McLuhan compiled a long of publications. Here is a link where you can view them all.
http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/pub.html