Stephen Daniels (geographer)

Stephen Daniels
FBA FAcSS FSA FRGS
Born
Stephen John Daniels

(1950-05-11) 11 May 1950 (age 74)
NationalityBritish
AwardsVictoria Medal (2015)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisMoral Order and the Industrial Environment in the Woollen Textile Districts of West Yorkshire, 1780–1880[1] (1980)
Doctoral advisorHugh Prince
Academic work
DisciplineGeography
Sub-disciplineCultural geography
InstitutionsUniversity of Nottingham
Doctoral studentsHarriet Hawkins
Main interests
  • History of landscape representation, design, and management
  • landscape arts of 18th-century Britain
  • history of geographical knowledge and imagination
Notable works
  • Fields of Vision (1993)
  • The Iconography of Landscape (1998)

Stephen John Daniels FBA FAcSS FSA FRGS (born 11 May 1950) is a British cultural geographer. He was Professor of Cultural Geography, and is now Emeritus Professor, at the University of Nottingham. In 2015, he received the prestigious Victoria Medal from the Royal Geographical Society which is awarded "for conspicuous merit in research in geography".

Daniels studied at the University of St Andrews and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, before completing a PhD at University College London examined by Denis Cosgrove. He joined the University of Nottingham as a lecturer in 1980.[2][3]

His research interests include the history of landscape representation, design and management, the landscape arts of eighteenth century Britain, the history of geographical knowledge and imagination. His books include the highly influential The Iconography of Landscape (1988) edited with Denis Cosgrove, Fields of Vision (1992), and Humphrey Repton: Landscape Gardening and the Geography of Georgian England (1999), and the exhibition catalogues Art of the Garden (2004) and Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain (2009).[4] He has curated exhibitions at the Tate and Royal Academy of Arts.[5]

He has been recognised as a Fellow of the British Academy,[6] Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences,[7] Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London[8] and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

  1. ^ Daniels, Stephen John (1980). Moral Order and the Industrial Environment in the Woollen Textile Districts of West Yorkshire, 1780–1880 (PhD thesis). London: University College, London. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ Glasscock, Robin Edgar; Glasscock, Robin (29 October 1992). About the contributors. CUP Archive. ISBN 9780521325332. Retrieved 13 January 2019. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 29. Bloomsbury. 14 December 2015. ISBN 9781474227193. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Stephen Daniels". Emerging Landscapes. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Stephen Daniels". Pavilion Books. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Fellows of the British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Professor Stephen Daniels". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Fellows Directory". Society of Antiquaries. Retrieved 13 January 2019.