Peter Haggett CBE, Professor of Urban and Regional Geography at University of Bristol, has sadly passed away at the age of 92.
He was awarded the Society's Patron’s Gold Medal in 1986, and in 1991 he was awarded the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud (the ‘Nobel Prize’ of Geography) before a CBE two years later, among other awards and recognitions.
Peter wrote in The Geographer’s Art, his semi-autobiographical manuscript, that "the study of geography at university will give scientific insight, provide skills [and give] a philosophical framework for environmental and global problems. But I think its most precious gift is none of these. Geographical skills can enrich all the remaining years of one's life so that what is seen is understood and appreciated."
Read an extended tribute to Peter via the University of Bristol.
