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Piter HaggetBritish geographer
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Biography of Peter Haggett
Peter Haggett is a British geographer, born in 1933 in Poole, England. He grew up in the small town of Poole in Somerset. After completing his studies at the University of Cambridge, he taught at St. Catherine's School and later at a university college in London. In 1957, after obtaining a Master's degree in geography from Cambridge, he taught for a while at his alma mater, Fitzwilliam College. From 1966 onwards, he worked at the University of Bristol, where he served as the head of the department of urban and regional geography from 1966 to 1988. He holds two doctoral degrees (PhD, 1969 and DSc, 1985) and has been a member of various councils and committees, including the South West Economic Planning Council, the Royal Geographical Society Council, the university grants committee, and the National Radiological Protection Board. He was also a vice-president of the British Academy and one of the founders of the European Academy of Sciences, being one of the only geographers among its early members. Currently, he is an honorary professor and resides in Somerset with his wife.
Contributions and Works
Peter Haggett is best known as one of the theorists of the spatial analysis school. In 1972, he published the book "Geography: A Modern Synthesis," which, alongside the works of Walter Isard, William Bunge, and David Harvey, is considered a significant theoretical synthesis of the experiences of geographers in this field. Starting from the late 1960s, Haggett became interested in medical geography, and from the mid-1970s onwards, he primarily focused on issues related to the spread of epidemics and territorial disparities in population health. He collaborated with several international organizations. Some of his notable works include "Models in Geography" (1967, co-edited with Richard Chorley), "Network Analysis in Geography" (1969, co-authored with Richard Chorley), "Locational Analysis in Human Geography" (1977), "The Geographical Structure of Epidemics" (2000), and "World Atlas of Epidemic Diseases" (2004).
