David N. Livingstone

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David N. Livingstone (born 15 March 1953), OBE, MRIA, FBA, AcSS, MAE, is Professor of Geography and Intellectual History, at Queen's University Belfast.

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[edit] Personal background

David Livingstone was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and educated at Banbridge Academy and Queen's University Belfast (B.Sc., Ph.D.). Following graduation, he continued at Queen's as a Research Officer and Lecturer, becoming Reader and then full Professor. His only professional position away from Queen's was a visiting professorship at Calvin College, Michigan. He is married to Frances Livingstone, has two children (Justin and Emma), and lives in Belfast. He was appointed an OBE for his services to Geography and History.

[edit] Books

  • Adam's Ancestors: Race, Religion & the Politics of Human Origins (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008)
  • Geography and Revolution, joint editor with Charles W. J. Withers (University of Chicago Press, 2005)
  • Putting Science in its Place: Geographies of Scientific Knowledge (University of Chicago Press, 2003)
  • Science, Space and Hermeneutics, The Hettner Lectures 2001 (University of Heidelberg, 2002)
  • Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective, edited with D. G. Hart and Mark A. Noll (Oxford University Press, 1999).
  • Ulster-American Religion: Moments in the History of a Cultural Connection, with Ronald Wells (University of Notre Dame Press, 1999)
  • Geography and Enlightenment, joint editor with Charles W. J. Withers (University of Chicago Press, 1999)
  • Human Geography: An Essential Anthology, joint editor with John Agnew and Alistair Rodgers (Blackwell, 1996)
  • The Geographical Tradition: Episodes in the History of a Contested Enterprise (Blackwell, 1992)
  • Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and the Culture of American Science (Tuscaloosa and London: The University of Alabama Press, 1987).
  • Darwin's Forgotten Defenders: The Encounter Between Evangelical Theology and Evolutionary Thought (T&T Clark, 1984).

[edit] Awards

  • Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)
  • Royal Geographical Society's Back Award
  • Centenary Medal, Royal Scottish Geographical Society

[edit] Professional distinctions

  • President of the Geography Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 2004-05.
  • Member of editorial boards: Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Isis, Ecumene, Progress in Human Geography, Journal of Historical Geography.

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