Herbert John Fleure

Herbert John Fleure

Herbert John Fleure (June 6 1877 – July 1 1969), was a zoologist and geographer. He was secretary of the Geographical Association, editor of "Geography", and President of the Cambrian Archaeological Association.

Fleure was born in Guernsey. In 1897 he attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he founded the Student Representative Council. He graduated with first-class honours in 1901 and went on to study at the Zoological Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. Returning to Wales, he became Head of the Department of Zoology at Aberystwyth in 1908. In 1917 he became Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the university, holding the post until 1930, when he became Professor of Geography at Victoria University, Manchester. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1936. Following his retirement in 1944, he was President of the Royal Anthropological Institute from 1945 to 1947.

Works

*"Human Geography in Western Europe" (1918)
*"The Peoples of Europe" (1922)
*"Races of England and Wales" (1923)
*"French Life and its Problems" (1942)
*"A Natural History of Man in Britain" (1951)

ources

* [http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info/cgi-bin/anw/search2?coll_id=181&inst_id=1&term= Archives Network Wales - short biography]
* [http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s2-FLEU-JOH-1877.html Welsh Biography Online]


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