Ogilvie Professor of Human Geography

Ogilvie Professor of Human Geography

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.[1]

List of Ogilvie Professors

  • 1931–? Alan Grant Ogilvie
  • 1966–1986 John Terence Coppock
  • 1990–2004 Susan J. Smith
  • 2004–present Lynn A. Staeheli

See also

References

  1. ^ A Short History of Geography in Edinburgh on the Science and Engineering at The University of Edinburgh website

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