Background
Common, Robert was born on November 18, 1922 in Wallsend, England. Son of Robert and Margaret (Patterson) Common.
Common, Robert was born on November 18, 1922 in Wallsend, England. Son of Robert and Margaret (Patterson) Common.
Bachelor of Science, University Durham, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, 1953.
Assistant University Edinburgh, 1949—1953. Lecturer University Glasgow, Scotland, 1953—1957. Associate professor University Alberta, Canada, 1957—1960.
Lecturer to senior lecturer Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1960—1966. Reader, since 1966
Contract researcher Research Council, Alberta, 1958—1960, Department Development, Northern Ireland, 1965—1966. Advisor, 1961—1965; esquire bedell Queens University, Belfast, since 1982.
Flight lieutenant, navigator to Royal Air Force, 1942-1946.
Chairman Dunmurry Civic Society, Belfast, 1969—1971. Co-chairman Protestant and Catholic Encounter, Northern Ireland, 1973—1974. Member Southeast Education and Library.
Board, since 1985; Member of Institute British Geographers, Royal Scottish Geography Society.
Married Catherine Gilchrist Common, March 24, 1948. Children: Jennifer, Robert, Christopher.