Please find below links to obituaries of staff and students from the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.
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Prof William Balchin | Student | Professor of Geography, University College Swansea, 1916-2007 |
John Christopher Barringer | Student | Author, teacher and local historian, 1931-2013 |
Prof J. Brian Bird | Student | Professor of Geography, McGill University, 1923-2011 |
Margaret Blacklock Evans OBE | Student | Headmistress, Seven Kings High School, 1925-2014 |
Principal William Maurice Brown | Student | First principal of Faujdarhat Cadet College, 1910-1975 |
Dr Alfred Augustus Levi ‘Gus’ Caesar | Student and staff | University Lecturer, University of Cambridge, Fellow of St Catharine’s College, 1914-1995 |
Prof Sylvia Chant | Student | World leading feminist geographer, 1958 – 2019 |
Prof Graham Chapman | Student and staff | Professor of Geography, SOAS and Lancaster University, 1944-2014 |
Prof Richard Chorley | Student and staff | Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge, Head of Department, Vice-Master of Sidney Sussex College, 1927-2002 |
Miles Clark | Student | Sailor and Journalist, 1960-1993 |
Prof David Collins | Student | Professor of Physical Geography, University of Salford, 1949-2016 |
Prof John Terrence Coppock | Student | Ogilvie Professor of Geography, University of Edinburgh, 1921-2000 |
Prof Henry Clifford Darby | Student and staff | Historical Geographer, Head of Department, 1909-1992 |
Prof Frank Debenham | Staff | First Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge, Founder, Scott Polar Research Institute, 1883-1965 |
George De Boer | Student | Reader in Geography, Hull University |
Dr Robin Donkin | Staff | Historical Geographer and Geographer of Latin America, 1928-2006 |
Dr BH Farmer | Student and staff | Geographer of South Asia, 1916-1996 |
A T ‘Dick’ Grove | Student and staff | Demonstrator, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Cambridge, and Vice-Master of Downing College (1924-2023) |
Dr Jean Grove | Student and staff | Fellow of Girton College, glaciologist and historical climatologist, 1927-2001 |
Sir Peter Hall | Student | Town planner, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett, University College London, 1932-2014 |
John Heap | Student | Head of Polar Regions Section of FCO 1975-1992. 1932-2006 |
Prof Leslie Hepple | Student and staff | Professor of Geography, University of Bristol, 1947-2007 |
Mr Donald Hewlett | Student | Actor, 1920-2011 |
Louise Hulton | Student | Maternal Health Campaigner, 1970-2017 |
Dr Hal Lister | Student | Arctic Explorer and Geographer. Reader at School of Geography, University of Newcastle. 1921-2010 |
Sylvia Law | Student | British Town Planner, 1931-2004 |
Prof Gordon Manley | Staff | Climatologist, 1902-1980 |
Dr Gerald Manners OBE | Student | Geographer, government advisor and charity chair, 1932-2009 |
Dr John H Mercer | Student | Glaciologist, University of Ohio, 1922-1987 |
Roy Millward | Student | Lecturer, University of Leicester, 1918-2016 |
Spencer Millham | Student | Teacher and Social Researcher, 1932-2015 |
Jean Mitchell | Staff and Student | University Lecturer, Historical Geography, 1904-1990 |
John Noble | Student | Baritone, 1931-2008 |
Prof Ray Pahl | Student | Sociologist, 1935-2011 |
Prof John Harris Paterson | Student | Professor of Geography, University of Leicester, 1923-1997 |
Prof Ronald Peel | Student and staff | Chair of Geography, University of Leeds, University of Bristol, 1912-1985 |
Prof Norman Pounds | Student and staff | Historian and Geographer, 1912-2006 |
Prof Norman Pye | Student | Professor of Geography, University of Leicester, 1914-2007 |
Prof Clifford Smith | Student and staff | Historical and Latin American Geography, 1924-2003 |
Dr Bruce Wilfred Sparks | Staff | Geographer and quaternary paeleoecologist, 1923-1988 |
Prof Oskar Spate | Student | Geographer and Historian, 1911-2000 |
Prof James Alfred Steers | Student and staff | Professor of Geography and Head of Department, University of Cambridge, 1899-1987 |
Prof David Stoddart | Student and staff | University lecturer, University of Cambridge and Professor of Geography, University of Berkeley, 1937-2014 |
Dr Marjorie Sweeting | Staff | University Reader, University of Oxford, 1920-1995 |
Ken Sykora | Student | Jazz guitarist, composer, producer and BBC Presenter, 1923-2006 |
Sam Toy | Student | Chair of Ford Motor Company, 1923-2008 |
Dr William Vaughan Lewis | Student and staff | University Lecturer, University of Cambridge, 1907-1961 |
Brian Ware OBE | Student | Life long Geographer, 1919 – 2008 |
Prof Robert Woods | Student | John Rankin Chair, University of Liverpool, Historical Demographer, 1949-2011 |