Lindsay Proudfoot

Background

Lindsay Proudfoot was born on November 22, 1950 in St. Helier, Jersey, United Kingdom, in the family of Lindsay and Catherine Leitch (Crawford) Proudfoot.

Education

Lindsay received Bachelor of Arts (with honors) at Queen’s University in 1973, and then had an additional study there in 1989. Then he studied at University Of Birmingham, where he became Master of Arts in 1974 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1976.

Career

In 1977 - 1996 Lindsay served as a lecturer at Queen’s University in Belfast County Borough, Belfast, United Kingdom. And since 1994 he is a reader in geography there.

Achievements

• Lindsay is mostly famous for his works "A Historical Geography of Ireland", "Urban Improvement in Provincial Ireland, 1700-1840", and "Urban Patronage and Social Authority: The Management of the Duke of Devonshire’s Towns in Ireland, 1760-1890."

Works

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  • The Mediterranean: Environment and Society (Environment & Society) 1997
  • Down: History & Society - interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county 1997
  • Imperial Spaces: Placing the Irish and Scots in Colonial Australia (Studies in Imperialism) 2011
  • (Dis)Placing Empire: Renegotiating British Colonial Geographies (Heritage, Culture and Identity) 2017
  • Provincial Towns in Early Modern England and Ireland: Change, Convergence and Divergence (Proceedings of the British Academy) 2002
  • Urban Patronage and Social Authority: The Management of the Duke of Devonshire's Towns in Ireland, 1764-1891 by Lindsay J. Proudfoot (1995-05-01) 1995

Membership

• Economic History Society of Ireland

• Historical Geography Research Group

• Association of University Teachers

Interests

• Painting, music, running, travel

Connections

On August 8, 1975 Lindsay married a teacher Jennifer Crawford, with whom he has two sons: Gillian and Robin.

Father:

Lindsay Proudfoot

Mother:

Catherine Leitch (Crawford) Proudfoot

Spouse:

Jennifer Crawford

child:

Gillian

child:

Robin