Dennis Frank Thompson (born May 12 1940 in Hamilton, Ohio) is a political scientist and professor at Harvard University Hamilton is a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States. ... See also: Political Science Notable political scientists Kenneth Arrow - Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist who published influential paper on his widely cited Arrows Impossibility Theorem Robert Axelrod Duncan Black - Responsible for unearthing the work of many early political scientists, including Charles Dodgson Jean-Charles de Borda - 18th century mathematician... A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is an accredited private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...