Background
Douglas, Ian was born on December 2, 1936 in Wembley, Middlesex, England. Son of Ronald Walter and Edna Maud (Cadle) Douglas.
Douglas, Ian was born on December 2, 1936 in Wembley, Middlesex, England. Son of Ronald Walter and Edna Maud (Cadle) Douglas.
Bachelor, Oxford University, England, 1961. Bachelor of Letters, Oxford University, England, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1967.
Lecturer University Hull, England, 1966-1971. Professor University New England, Armidale, Australia, 1971-1978, University Manchester, England, 1979-1997, emeritus professor England, since 1997. Visiting lecturer University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1966, 69-70.
Invited professor University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1991, 97-98. Board directors Salford and Trafford Groundwork Trust. Chairman board governors Commonwealth Human Ecology Council, since 1999.
Science coordinator lowland catchment research thematic programm National Environment Resh. Council, since 2000; chairman working party, United Kingdom Supervisory Control Of Program Execution, since 2000.
Member New England Regional Advisory Council, Armidale, 1974-1978, Armidale District Development Committee, Armidale, 1974-1978, New South Wales Land Conservation Group, Sydney, Australia, 1977-1978, Technology Advisory Committee, State Pollution Control Commission, Sydney, 1977-1978. With Royal Artillery, British military, 1956-1958. Fellow Royal Geography Society (council member 1991-1992).
Member Institution Water and Environmental Management, Institute Australians Geographers (president 1978), Institute British Geographers (council member 1984-1987), British Geomorphological Research Group (president 1981-1982), British Hydrological Society, British Association for the Advancement of Science (president secretary E georgraphy 1993).
Married Maureen Ann Bowler, November 16, 1963. Children: David Lindsay (deceased), Aidan Andrew, Fiona Katherine.