Edmund William Gilbert (1900–1973) was a British social geographer. He was Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford, from 1953 to 1967. [1] and Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. He defined geography in terms of the recognition of the characters of regions [2]
In the 1920s, while at Reading University, he studied the American West. [3] He was much influenced by Halford Mackinder, to the point of being thought an uncritical admirer. [4]
During World War II he worked on the Naval Intelligence Handbooks, producing, with Robert Beckinsale [5] and S. da Sá, the Spain and Portugal volumes.
He studied at St Peter's School, York [6]
Edmund William Gilbert (1900–1973) was a British social geographer. He was Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford, from 1953 to 1967. [1] and Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. He defined geography in terms of the recognition of the characters of regions [2]
In the 1920s, while at Reading University, he studied the American West. [3] He was much influenced by Halford Mackinder, to the point of being thought an uncritical admirer. [4]
During World War II he worked on the Naval Intelligence Handbooks, producing, with Robert Beckinsale [5] and S. da Sá, the Spain and Portugal volumes.
He studied at St Peter's School, York [6]