Professor Charles Withers FBA

Geography Scotland History of Geography Cultural Geography

Elected 2006

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2006
Sections: Anthropology and 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

2015 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of Historical Geography

1994 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of Historical Geography, University of Edinburgh

1994 -

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

1994 -

University of Gloucestershire Lecturer to Professor / Associate Dean

1980 - 1994

University of Gloucestershire

1980 - 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

Related Fellows

Professor Paul Boyle FBA

Population and health geography; family, gender and migration; health inequalities; migration and health; disease clustering; longitudinal and administrative data

Professor Dawn Chatty FBA

Middle Eastern ethnography particularly prolonged forced migration, and forced settlement of mobile indigenous peoples as well as biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, and the politics of pastoral livelihoods

Professor Bob Bennett FBA

Geography Central Europe Southern Europe Western Europe

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Professor Charles Withers FBA

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

2015 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of Historical Geography

1994 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of Historical Geography, University of Edinburgh

1994 -

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

1994 -

University of Gloucestershire Lecturer to Professor / Associate Dean

1980 - 1994

University of Gloucestershire

1980 - 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

Related Fellows

Professor Paul Boyle FBA

Professor Dawn Chatty FBA

Professor Bob Bennett FBA

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Professor Charles Withers FBA

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

2015 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of Historical Geography

1994 -

University of Edinburgh Professor of Historical Geography, University of Edinburgh

1994 -

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

1994 -

University of Gloucestershire Lecturer to Professor / Associate Dean

1980 - 1994

University of Gloucestershire

1980 - 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

Related Fellows

Professor Paul Boyle FBA

Professor Dawn Chatty FBA

Professor Bob Bennett FBA

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