Professor Robin Butlin OBE CGeog

Biography

Robin is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Leeds, where he was previously Professor of Historical Geography. He has a BA and MA in Geography from the University of Liverpool and a DLitt from Loughborough University for published research in historical geography. He held posts in Geography at the University of Keele, University College, Dublin, Queen Mary College, University of London, and was for sixteen years Professor of Geography at Loughborough University. His main teaching and research interests are in the field of historical geography, including changes in rural and urban landscapes of England and Ireland, Palestine in the early modern/modern period, wetland reclamation, and geographies of European imperialism. Robin was a Vice-President of the RGS-IBG (1995-1998) and was awarded the Society's Victoria Medal in 1999 for research in historical geography. He was awarded an OBE for services to Geography in the 2004 New Year's Honours List.