| 词条 | Michael Williams (geographer) |
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LifeHe was the second son of Benjamin Williams and his wife, Ethel Mary Marshell of Swansea, born in Rheanfa House Maternity Hospital. He studied at University College, Swansea from 1953, and fell under the influence of the geographer Frank Emery. He graduated B.A. in 1956, and Ph.D. in 1960 with a thesis on the Somerset Levels. By that time married, he moved on to St Catharine's College, Cambridge, working for an education diploma.[1] Later in 1960, Williams took a lecturing post at the University of Adelaide, becoming reader in 1970. In 1978 he went to the University of Oxford, where he was a reader from 1990, professor from 1996, and a Fellow of Oriel College.[1] He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1989.[2] Professor emeritus from 2002, Williams died of adult respiratory distress syndrome on 26 October 2009.[1] WorksWilliams's books included:[1]
Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite ODNB|id=103455|first=Hugh|last=Clout|title=Williams, Michael}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Michael}}2. ^[https://www.britac.ac.uk/fellows/professor-michael-williams Professor Michael Williams] 7 : 1935 births|2009 deaths|Welsh geographers|Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford|Historical geographers|Environmental historians|Fellows of the British Academy |
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