Stewart Fotheringham

Stewart Fotheringham
Born
Alexander Stewart Fotheringham

(1954-02-02) 2 February 1954 (age 70)
Yorkshire, England
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom, US
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen
McMaster University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity at Buffalo
University of Newcastle
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
University of St Andrews
Arizona State University
ThesisSpatial Structure, Spatial Interaction, and Distance-Decay Parameters (1980)
Doctoral advisorMichael J. Webber

Alexander Stewart Fotheringham (born February 2, 1954) is a British-American geographer known for his contributions to quantitative geography, geographic information science (GIScience), and spatial analysis.[1][2] He holds a Ph.D. in geography from McMaster University and is a Regents professor of computational spatial science in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University.[3][4] He has contributed to the literature surrounding spatial analysis and spatial statistics, particularly in the development of geographically weighted regression (GWR) and multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR).[3][5][6]

  1. ^ "Alexander Stewart Fotheringham – Biography". The Academy of Europe. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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  3. ^ a b "Stewart Fotheringham". Arizona State University. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Stewart Fotheringham". Arizona State University: Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  5. ^ "2019 AAG Distinguished Scholarship Honors". American Association of Geographers. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. ^ Fotheringham, A. Stewart; Brunsdon, Chris; Charlton, Martin (2002). Geographically Weighted Regression: the analysis of spatially varying relationships. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-49616-2.