Background
Buchanan, Ronald Hull was born on December 18, 1931 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of Robert Norman and Irene (Cochrane) Buchanan.
Irish geography educator emeritus
Buchanan, Ronald Hull was born on December 18, 1931 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of Robert Norman and Irene (Cochrane) Buchanan.
Bachelor, Queen's University, Belfast, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Queen's University, Belfast, 1958.
Assistant professor, Montana State University, Missoula, 1958-1959; assistant lecturer, Queen's U., Belfast, 1955-1958; lecturer, Queen's U., Belfast, 1959-1968; senior lecturer, Queen's U., Belfast, 1968-1978; reader, Queen's U., Belfast, 1978-1981; professor, director, Queen's U., Belfast, 1982-1994; emeritus, Queen's U., Belfast, since 1994.
Chairman National Trust, Northern Ireland, since 1991. Member Museums and Galleries Commission, London, since 1995. Trustee Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, 1988-1998.
Member Royal Irish Academy (vice president 1992-1996).
Married Gwendolyn Moorhead, August 19, 1958 (deceased 1998). Children: Cathrine Sara, Peter Robert. Married Rhoma (Wright) B., August 30, 1999.