A partial biography
the formalization and institutionalization of geography in Britain since 1887
pp. 79-119
in: Gary S. Dunbar (ed), Geography: discipline, profession and subject since 1870, Berlin, Springer, 2001Abstract
In the academic year 1999–2000, over 21,000 students in 109 universities and other institutions of higher education in Britain were registered for geography or geography-based honours degrees. At A-level (the principal advanced school qualification in England and Wales), geography is the fifth-most popular of all subjects. Geography is a required part of the national curriculum at GCSE-level (the mid-range school qualification in England and Wales). In 1996, nearly 1,050 professional geographers in all departments and schools of geography in 68 institutions of higher education submitted their research work to peer review as part of the 1996 Research Assessment Exercise, itself overseen by the four national funding councils responsible for managing the monies allocated to higher education by the government of the United Kingdom.