Robert Dodgshon

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Robert Dodgshon FLSW FBA is a British academic specialising in geography. He has been Emeritus Professor of Geography at Aberystwyth University since 2008. [1]

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Career

After graduating from Liverpool University with a BA and then a PhD, [1] Dodgshon became Professor of Geography in 1988 at Aberystwyth University, eighteen years after being appointed in 1970. [1] He also held the posts of Director of the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences (1998-2003) and Gregynog Professor of Human Geography (2000-2007) at Aberystwyth University. [1] [2] He is currently serving as an Emeritus Professor of Geography at Aberystwyth University, a post he has held since 2008. [3]

As well as having worked as a Professor of Geography, Dodgshon has worked in nature conservation, having been the President of the Society for Landscape Studies from 1998 to 2008. [2] During this time, he was also a council member of National Trust for England and Wales from 2000 to 2008, [2] and a council member of the Countryside Council for Wales from 1997 to 2004. [3]

Dodgshon's primary research interests have been in historical and cultural geography, [3] and he has worked on the history of rural communities and their economy in the Scottish Highlands and Islands; he has written a book about this research. [4]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Wales, The Learned Society of. "Robert Dodgshon". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Professor Robert Dodgshon FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
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  5. ↑ Dodgshon, Robert A. (2019). Farming communities in the Western Alps, 1500-1914: the enduring bond. Cham (Suisse): Springer. ISBN   978-3-030-16360-0.
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