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Professor Charles Withers

Geography Scotland History of Geography Cultural Geography

Elected 2006

Year elected
2006
Subjects
Geography
Website
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/geosciences/people?cw_xml=person.html&indv=24

Current post

Ogilvie Chair of Geography and Professor of Historical Geography, University of Edinburgh; Geographer Royal for Scotland

Past appointments

Other Institutions Geographer Royal for Scotland

Sep 2015 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of Historical Geography

Jan 1994 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of Historical Geography, University of Edinburgh

Jan 1994 -

University of Edinburgh Ogilvie Chair of Geography and Professor of Historical Geography

Jan 1994 -

University of Gloucestershire Lecturer to Professor / Associate Dean

Jan 1980 - Jan 1994

University of Gloucestershire

Jan 1980 - Jan 1994

Publications

Urban Highlanders: Highland-Lowland Migration and Urban Gaelic Culture, 1700-1900 1998

Scotland: Mapping the Nation 2011

Placing the Enlightenment: Thinking Geographically about the Age of Reason 2007

Geography and Science in Britain 1831-1939: A Study of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 2010

Gaelic in Scotland 1698-1981 1984

Geography, Science and National Identity: Scotland since 1520 2001

Geography and Revolution 2005

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