摘要：British historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle is attributed with the saying that “history isthe essence of innumerable biographies”. In many ways, this also applies to fields ofresearch and scholarship. As the history of a discipline adds breadth and depth to itsintellectual life, so does biography contribute to the texture and richness of the thoughtsembodied by its scholars. Fortunately in this regard, tourism, as a multidisciplinary field ofresearch and scholarship, has its history and pioneers.
