Professor Ian Simmons FBA

Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
1997
Subjects
Geography

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Durham

Past appointments

University of Durham Professor of Geography

1981 - 2001

University of Bristol Professor of Geography

1977 - 1981

University of Durham Lecturer, Reader in Geography

1962 - 1977

Publications

Changing the face of the earth (1989)

The environmental impact of later mesolithic cultures (1996)

An environmental history of Great Britain (2001)

The Moorlands of England and Wales. An Environmental History 8000 BC to AD 2000 (2003)

Global Environmental History 10,000 BC to AD 2000 (2008)

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Mike Heffernan FBA

The history of geography and cartography; the historical geography of France and the French empire in the 19th and 20th centuries

mike-heffernan.jpg

Professor Roy Ellen FBA

Anthropology of the environment, cultural cognition, ethnobiological knowledge systems; eastern Indonesia

roy-ellen.jpg

Professor Matthew Gandy FBA

Cultural, urban, and environmental geography, from the middle decades of the nineteenth century to the present, with particular interests in landscape, infrastructure, and bio-diversity

matthew-gandy-new.jpg

Sign up to our email newsletters

Join our mailing list to explore the ideas and impact of the British Academy. Get updates on research, funding, policy, international collaborations, and events that bring the humanities and social sciences to life.