Michael John Wise

Michael John Wise

Professor Michael John Wise CBE, MC (born 17 August 1918) is Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of London.

Early life

Michael Wise was born in Stafford in 1918, son of Harry Cuthbert Wise and Sarah Evelyn Wise.

Education

After attending Saltley Secondary School, Birmingham, he attended the University of Birmingham where he gained a BA in Geography in 1939. After war service he returned to Birmingham as an assistant lecturer and lecturer, gaining a PhD in 1951.^[1]

War service

During the second world war Wise served in the British Army in Europe and the Middle East, reaching the rank of Major in 1944. He was awarded the Military Cross.

Career

On completion of his PhD in 1951 Wise moved to the London School of Economics as lecturer, becoming Sir Ernest Cassel Reader in Economic Geography in 1954 and Professor in 1958.

Wise has served as member, president etc. of many learned societies including the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the Transport Studies Society, International Geographical Union, Geographical Association and Royal Geographical Society.

Honours

Wise has received the RGS Gill Memorial award (1958) and Founder’s Medal (1977) and also the Alexander Körōsi Csoma Medal of the Hungarian Geographical Society (1980), the Tokyo Geographical Society Medal (1981) and the Lauréat d’Honneur of the IGU (1984). He received the CBE in 1979. The University of Birmingham awarded him an honorary DSc in 1982. In 2008 his 90th birthday was marked by a gathering of colleagues and former students at King's College London.^[2]

References

1. ^ "WISE, Prof. Michael John". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black; online edn, Oxford University Press. 2008. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U40420. Retrieved 1 Aug 2009. 
2. ^ "Wise @ 90". Newsletter 31. Joint School of Geography Society (KCL/ LSE). 2009. https://alumni.kcl.ac.uk/Document.Doc?id=64. Retrieved 1 August 2009. 

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