Ogilvie Professor of Human Geography explained

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 Grant Ogilvie FRSE (1887–1954), the first professor (1931) of their Department of Geography and an important figure in the early years of the Department of Geography at Edinburgh, who had died in office.^[1]

List of Ogilvie Professors

• 1966–1986 John Terence Coppock
• 1990–2004 Susan J. Smith
• 2004–2010^[2] Lynn A. Staeheli
• 2010–2019 Charles Withers^[3]
• 2019–present Tim Cresswell

See also

• List of professorships at the University of Edinburgh

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Short History of Geography in Edinburgh . www.geos.ed.ac.uk . . 30 October 2016.
2. Web site: YouCitizen Research Team . YouCitizen . 4 May 2019.
3. Web site: University of Edinburgh . Professor Charles W. J. Withers . University of Edinburgh . 4 May 2019.