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Alan Grant Ogilvie OBE FRSE FRSGS (1887–1954) was a Scottish geographer after whom Edinburgh University's Ogilvie Chair in Human Geography is named. He was President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society from 1946 to 1950 and President of the Institute of British Geographers from 1951 to 1952.




Contents





  • 1 Life


  • 2 Family


  • 3 Publications


  • 4 References




Life




27 Blacket Place, Edinburgh


He was born in Edinburgh in 1887 the son of Francis Grant Ogilvie and Sarah Ogston Gill. They lived at 27 Blacket Place.[1]


He was educated at Westminster School in London as a boarder. He then went to Oxford University graduating MA in 1909. In 1912 he began working as A demonstrator in the geography Department at Oxford University.


In the First World War he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery. In January 1917 he was seconded to the Royal Engineers to undertake accurate mapping of the Dardanelles and Macedonia.[2]


After the war he became a Reader in Geography at the University of Manchester. In 1923 he returned to his home town as a lecturer at Edinburgh University being given a Professorship in 1931. In 1924 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie (his father), John Walter Gregory, Francis Gibson Baily and John Horne.[3]


He died in office on 10 February 1954. As a memorial the university named the Chair in Geography in his name.



Family


In 1919 he married Evelyn Decima Willes (died 1952).



Publications



  • Morocco and its Future (1912)


  • Geography of the Central Andes (1922)


References




  1. ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1887


  2. ^ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE. 8 MARCH, 1917. 2359" (PDF). 1917-03-08. Retrieved 2018-09-11..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.









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