Rita Gardner (geographer)

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Rita Ann Moden Gardner,

Queen Mary and Westfield College (1994–1996) where she was Reader in Environmental Science. From 1996 to 2018, she was Director of the Royal Geographical Society: she was the learned society's first female director.[1][2][3]

Honours

In the

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS),[2] and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).[3]

In 2016, she was awarded the Scottish Geographical Medal, the highest honour of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, in recognition "of her outstandingly successful work in promoting Geography – in academic research, in schools, and in public life".[5] She was also made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (FRSGS) in 2016.[6]

Selected works

  • Gardner, Rita; Scoging, Helen, eds. (1983). Mega-geomorphology: twelve of the papers presented at a conference of the British geomorphological research Group; London, 26-30 March 1981. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
    ISBN 978-0198232445
    .
  • ISBN 978-0045510764
    .
  • ISBN 978-0412478505
    .

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 16 February 2019. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help
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  2. ^ a b "Portrait marks retirement of Dr Rita Gardner CBE". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Dr Rita Gardner appointed Chief Executive of the Academy of Social Sciences". Academy of Social Sciences. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. ^ "No. 56797". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2002. p. 7.
  5. ^ "RGS Director, Rita Gardner CBE, awarded with RSGS Scottish Geographical Medal". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Honorary Fellowship (FRSGS)". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
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