Ogilvie Professor of Human Geography
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The Ogilvie Professor of Human Geography is the name for the occupant of the Ogilvie Chair of Geography at the University of Edinburgh
. It is named in honour of Alan Ogilvie, the first professor in the Department of Geography and an important figure in the early years of the Department of Geography at Edinburgh.
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
. It is named in honour of Alan Ogilvie, the first professor in the Department of Geography and an important figure in the early years of the Department of Geography at Edinburgh.
List of Ogilvie Professors
- 1931–? Alan Grant Ogilvie
- 1966–1986 John Terence Coppock
- 1990–2004 Susan J. SmithSusan J. SmithSusan Jane Smith is Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge. Smith previously held the Ogilvie Chair of Geography at the University of Edinburgh from 1990–2004 and until 2009 was a professor of geography at Durham University, where she played a key role in establishing the Institute of Advanced Study...
- 2004–present Lynn A. Staeheli