The Geographer
Johannes Vermeer 1668-69
(Steadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt)
Johannes Vermeer 1668-69
(Steadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt)
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with thanks to my colleagues...
for their energy, enthusiasm
and laughter.
with thanks to my colleagues...
for their energy, enthusiasm
and laughter.
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What is a Geographer?
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(from WikiAnswers - October 09)
What is a Geographer?
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(from WikiAnswers - October 09)
"...mere names of places...are not geography...to know by heart a whole gazetteer full of them would not, in itself, constitute anyone a geographer. Geography has higher aims than this: it seeks to classify phenomena (alike of the natural and of the political world, in so far as it treats of the latter), to compare, to generalize, to ascend from effects to causes, and, in doing so, to trace out the great laws of nature and to mark their influences upon man. This is 'a description of the world'—that is Geography. In a word Geography is a Science—a thing not of mere names but of argument and reason, of cause and effect."
William Hughes (1863)
William Hughes (1863)
"...the Department has a clear strength in fostering an environment of mutual respect between staff and students in which teaching and learning can flourish."
Periodic Review (March 2007)
Periodic Review (March 2007)
"A careful, pedestrian writer, he is interested not only in the grandiose or the exquisite but in unusual sights and obscure ritual. He is occasionally careless, or makes unwarranted inferences, and his guides or even his own notes sometimes mislead him; yet his honesty is unquestionable, and his value without par."
Pausanias, the first Geographer
Andrew F. Stewart (1990)
Pausanias, the first Geographer
Andrew F. Stewart (1990)
"In the U.K., we have the best geography teachers in the world!”
H.R.H. Prince Andrew
Wikileaks Dec 2010
H.R.H. Prince Andrew
Wikileaks Dec 2010
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"Geography is one of Humanity's big ideas".
Professor David Lambert,
chief executive,
Geographical Association.
February 2011
Professor David Lambert,
chief executive,
Geographical Association.
February 2011
This is a record of my work
as an Administrator
in a Department of Geography
in the University of London.
Most of these posts
were originally published
on my other blogs:
The Magpie Files
and
...the sight of morning...
I have edited the posts to remove references that only make sense in the original context and I decided not to import the comments associated with each post. Please click on the link at the bottom of each post if you want to read the comments.
as an Administrator
in a Department of Geography
in the University of London.
Most of these posts
were originally published
on my other blogs:
The Magpie Files
and
...the sight of morning...
I have edited the posts to remove references that only make sense in the original context and I decided not to import the comments associated with each post. Please click on the link at the bottom of each post if you want to read the comments.
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