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Kerr, Peter Donald was born on April 19, 1920 in Toronto.
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Peter Donald Kerr
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Peter Donald Kerr, Canadian geography educator. Grantee Defense Research Board, 1946-1949, Department Mines and Technology Surveys, 1955-1961, Emergency Measures Organisation, 1962-1964, Department Treasury and Economics, 1966-1968, Canada Council, 1973-1975, History Atlas of Canada Project, 1980-1989.
Education
Bachelor in Geography, U. British Columbia, 1941; Master of Arts in Geography, U. Toronto, 1943; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1945-1946; Doctor of Philosophy in Geography, U. Toronto, 1950.
Career
Teaching assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1945-1946;
lecturer department geography, U. Toronto, 1946-1951;
from assistant professor to associate professor department geography, U. Toronto, 1951-1962;
professor department geography, U. Toronto, 1962-1985;
professor emeritus department geography, U. Toronto, since 1985. Associate dean School Graduate Studies U. Toronto, 1976-1979, department chairman geography, 1968-1973. Participant Pugwash International Conference chemical and biological warfare, 1959.
Member National Advisory Committee Geography Research, 1067-1070, publications committee Social Science Research Council Canada, 1974-1977. Member Executive Committee History Atlas of Canada, since 1980.
Achievements
Membership
Meteorological officer Royal Canadian Air Force, 1943-1945. Member Association American Geographers (chairman local arrangements Toronto meetings1966, honors committee 1976-1977), Canada Association Geographers (councillor 1955-1958, vice president 1959, president 1960, CAG award for Service to the Profession ofGeography, 1992), International Geography Union (Canada committee 1961-1968, processes and patterns urbanization committee 1968-1974), Sigma Xi.
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Nationality
Canadian
Awards
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Grantee Defense Research Board, 1946-1949, Department Mines and Technology Surveys, 1955-1961, Emergency Measures Organisation, 1962-1964, Department Treasury and Economics, 1966-1968, Canada Council, 1973-1975, History Atlas of Canada Project, 1980-1989.Grantee Defense Research Board, 1946-1949, Department Mines and Technology Surveys, 1955-1961, Emergency Measures Organisation, 1962-1964, Department Treasury and Economics, 1966-1968, Canada Council, 1973-1975, History Atlas of Canada Project, 1980-1989.