Robert Dodgshon
Robert Dodgshon FLSW FBA is a British academic specialising in geography. He has been Emeritus Professor of Geography at Aberystwyth University since 2008.[1]
Career
[edit]After graduating from Liverpool University with a BA and then a PhD,[1] Dodgshon became Professor of Geography in 1988 at Aberystwyth University, eighteen years after being appointed in 1970.[1] He also held the posts of Director of the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences (1998-2003) and Gregynog Professor of Human Geography (2000-2007) at Aberystwyth University.[1][2] He is currently serving as an Emeritus Professor of Geography at Aberystwyth University, a post he has held since 2008.[3]
As well as having worked as a Professor of Geography, Dodgshon has worked in nature conservation, having been the President of the Society for Landscape Studies from 1998 to 2008.[2] During this time, he was also a council member of National Trust for England and Wales from 2000 to 2008,[2] and a council member of the Countryside Council for Wales from 1997 to 2004.[3]
Dodgshon's primary research interests have been in historical and cultural geography,[3] and he has worked on the history of rural communities and their economy in the Scottish Highlands and Islands; he has written a book about this research.[4]
Honours and awards
[edit]- Murchison Award from the RGS[4]
- Scottish Geographical Medal from the RSGS[4]
- Elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2002[3]
- Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales 2010[2]
Selected works
[edit]- Dodgshon, Robert (1998). Society in Time and Space: a Geographical Perspective on Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52159-385-9
- Dodgshon, Robert (2015). No Stone Unturned: A History of Farming, Landscape and Environment in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-47440-351-1
- Dodgshon, Robert (1998). From Chiefs to Landlords: Social and Economic Change in the Western Highlands and Islands, c. 1493-1820. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-74861-034-1
- Dodgshon, Robert; Butler, Robin (eds) (2013). Historical Geography of England and Wales. London; Academic Press Limited. ISBN 978-0-12219-254-0
- Dodgshon, R 2019, Farming Communities in the Western Alps, 1500-1914: the Enduring Bond. Historical Geography and Geosciences, Springer Nature. 10.1007/978-3-030-16361-7[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Staff Profiles : Department of Geography & Earth Sciences , Aberystwyth University". www.aber.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ a b c d Wales, The Learned Society of. "Robert Dodgshon". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ a b c d "Professor Robert Dodgshon FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ a b c "Robert Dodgshon". Aberystwyth Research Portal. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ Dodgshon, Robert A. (2019). Farming communities in the Western Alps, 1500-1914: the enduring bond. Cham (Suisse): Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-16360-0.
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