Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography

The Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography was established in 1971 is an endowed chair attached to St Peter's College of the University of Oxford. ^[1] In February 2025 the chair title was renamed to 1971 Professor of Geography. ^[1]

Originally, the post was named after Sir Halford Mackinder, the first Reader in the Department of Geography in Oxford, and an important figure in the early years of Geography as an academic subject in the United Kingdom. ^{[2] [3]}

Chair appointments:

• Professor John House (1974–1984) ^[4]
• Abeyance (1984–1986) ^[4]
• Professor David Harvey (1987–1995) ^[4]
• Professor Gordon L. Clark (1995–2013) ^[4]
• Professor Danny Dorling (2013–present) ^[5]

References

1. "Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography". governance.admin.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
2. "The Man Who Predicted Today's World Over a Century Ago". American Enterprise Institute – AEI. Archived from the original on 12 January 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
3. "Geography and Empire: Sir Halford Mackinder in Oxford, 1880–1905". oxfordandempire.web.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
4. "Oxford University Archives – Home" (PDF). www.oua.ox.ac.uk.
5. White, Chris. "New Halford Mackinder Professor of Human Geography – News – School of Geography and the Environment – University of Oxford". www.geog.ox.ac.uk.