Ron Johnston (geographer)

Ron Johnston at the 1999 International Geography Festival

Ronald John Johnston, OBE, FAcSS, FBA (March 30, 1941 – May 29, 2020) was a British geographer, known for elaborating his discipline's foundations, particularly its history and nature, and for his contributions to urban social geography and electoral geography.[1][2] His broad scope is illustrated by the fact that he made extensive use of quantitative methods, while critically dealing with subjects of social and political relevance.[2] Johnston authored or co-authored more than 50 books and 800 papers, and edited or co-edited a further more than 40 books (if translated and revised editions are counted separately).[3][4] He edited The Dictionary of Human Geography and for the first four editions was its main editor.

  1. ^ British Academy Fellows Archive
  2. ^ a b Sidaway, J. (2009): Johnston, R. J. In: International Encyclopedia of Human Geography: 11–13. Elsevier (Amsterdam).
  3. ^ Professor Johnston receives a lifetime achievement award Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine Announcement by the University of Bristol. Published 3 December 2009, retrieved 3 February 2010
  4. ^ List of publications, as of 2009