Professor Iain Stewart made Royal Scottish Geographical Society president
Geologist Professor Iain Stewart was this week named president of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
- Published in the Courier : 10.02.12
- Published online : 11.02.12 @ 10.10am
Known for his television work including BBC series Making Scotland's Landscape, Men of Rock and How to Grow a Planet, Prof Stewart was confirmed in the position at the RSGS agm in Edinburgh.
He takes over from the Earl of Lindsay as the 28th president of the Perth-based RSGS, in a line stretching back to 1885.
As he stepped aside, the Earl of Lindsay praised the new RSGS headquarters in the Fair Maid's House.
He said: ''We now have a beautiful and functional building to promote geography to the people of Scotland and a fabulous resource for research and for storing our valuable collections.''
Iain Stewart is professor of geoscience communication at Plymouth Universty, where his research interests include natural disasters, with a particular focus on past major earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions in the Mediterranean regions.
He said: ''I look forward to helping to continually develop upon the society's aims to promote an understanding of the natural environment and human societies.''
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09.38am - 20.02.2012 george - dundee, scotland Report This
Another believer in the global warming myth who will encourage the spending of lots of taxpayers money 'fighting climate change'.
02.29pm - 23.02.2012 Lee - Edinburgh, UK Report This
Professor Stewart is an enthusiastic and engaging Geographer who inspires young and old alike, his programmes bring the feild of geography alive! Congratulations to him!
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