Vincent Bruce Proudfoot

Background

Proudfoot, Vincent Bruce was born on September 24, 1930 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of Bruce Falconer and Cecilia (Thompson) Proudfoot.

Education

Bachelor with 1st class honors, Queen's University Belfast, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast, 1957.

Career

Research officer, Nuffield Quaternary Research Unit, Belfast, 1954-1958; lecturer geography, Queen's U., 1958-1959; lecturer geography, Durham (England) University, 1959-1967; associate professor, U. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1967-1970; professor geography, U. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1970-1974; professor geography, U. St. Andrews, Scotland, 1974-1993; emeritus professor, U. St. Andrews, Scotland, since 1993. Visiting fellow U. Auckland, New Zealand, 1966. Commonwealth visiting fellow Association Commonwealth Universities Australia, 1966.

Coordinator socio-economics opportunity studies Alberta Human Resources Research Council, 1971-1972. Annual lecturer Society Landscape Studies, 1983. Evans lecturer Queen's U., 1985.

Achievements

• Vincent Bruce Proudfoot has been listed as a noteworthy geography educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Site, environment and economy

    (Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology...)

  • The Downpatrick gold find: a hoard of gold objects from the Cathedral Hill, Downpatrick (Archaeological Research Publications Northern Ireland)

Membership

Trustee National Museum Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1982-1985. Fellow Royal Society Edinburgh (vice president 1985-1988, general secretary 1991-1996), Society Antiquaries London, Society Antiquaries Scotland (vice president 1982-1985), Royal Scottish Geography Society (vice president since 1993, chair council 1993-1999), British Association Advancement of Science (Lister lecturer 1964, president anthropology and archaeology section 1985).

Interests

• Avocation: gardening.

Connections

Married Edwina V.W. Field, December 16, 1961. Children: Bruce Edwin, Malcolm Alexander.

Father:

Bruce Falconer Proudfoot

Mother:

Cecilia (Thompson) Proudfoot

Spouse:

Edwina V.W. Field

child:

Bruce Edwin Proudfoot

child:

Malcolm Alexander Proudfoot