Felix Driver Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Professor
Felix Driver
Birth Date:	1961 8, df=yes
Nationality:	British
Thesis Title:	The English bastile: dimensions of the workhouse system, 1834-1884^[1]
Thesis Year:	1987
Doctoral Advisor:	Professor Derek Gregory^[2]
Discipline:	Geography
Sub Discipline:	Historical Geography
Workplaces:	Royal Holloway, University of London

Felix Driver FBA FAcSS (born 23 August 1961) is a distinguished British historical geographer and Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London.^[3]

Driver is a historical geographer with a particular interest in the history of cultural collections. He has also examined the culture of exploring, empire and imperial cities. He has overseen collaborative research projects, in partnership with leading cultural institutions such as the British Museum and the V&A.^{[4] [5]}

In 2000, he was the winner of the prestigious Royal Geographical Society Murchison Award. He was appointed a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2007 and a Fellow of the British Academy in 2011.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Driver . Felix . Power and Pauperism: The Workhouse System, 1834–1884 . 1993 . Cambridge University Press . 195.
2. Web site: Gregory . Derek . Graduate Students . geographical imaginations . 17 July 2012 . 28 June 2019.
3. Web site: Professor Felix Driver – Profile . Royal Holloway, University of London . 23 June 2019.
4. Web site: Professor Felix Driver FBA . The British Academy . 23 June 2019.
5. Book: Indigenous Intermediaries: New perspectives on exploration archives . ANU Press . 28 June 2019. 9781925022773. 2015-09-29.
6. Web site: Professor Felix Driver – Prizes . Royal Holloway, University of London . 23 June 2019.
7. Web site: History and Geography Research Group Newsletter . History and Geography Research Group . Royal Geographical Society . 28 June 2019.
8. Annual General Meeting . The Geographical Journal . 166 . 3 . 288–294 . The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) . 823102 . 2000 . 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2000.tb00030.x .