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Richard J. Chorley

Richard John Chorley (September 1927 - May 2002): Richard Chorley was born in Minehead, Somerset, England on the 4th of September 1927. He became one of the leading figures in the late 20th century for his work in quantitative geography and was instramental in bring the use of systems theory to geography.

• 1946-48 Lieutenant, Royal Engineers
• 1951 BA (Hons) Oxford University
• 1951-52 Fulbright and Smith-Mundt Scholarships to Department of Geology, Columbia University, New York
• 1952-54 Instructor in Geography, Columbia University, New York
• 1954 MA Oxford University
• 1954-57 Instructor in Geology, Brown University, Providence, USA
• 1958 Demonstrator in Geography, Cambridge University
• 1962 Lecturer in Geography, Cambridge University
• 1963-78 Co-Director, Madingley Geography Conferences
• 1964 Appointed British representative to the Commission on Quantitative Techniques of the International Geographical Union. Nominated Chairman 1968
• 1968 Appointed Chairman of the Committee on the Role of Models and Quantitative techniques in Geographical Teaching of the Geographical Association
• 1970-1975 Appointed Secretary of the Faculty Board of Geography and Geology, Cambridge University
• 1970 Appointed Reader in Geography, Cambridge University
• 1972 Appointed Deputy Head of the Department of Geography, Cambridge University, for the Lent and Michaelmas terms.
• 1973 Appointed member of the Board of Graduate Studies
• 1974 Appointed to an ad hominem Chair in Geography, Cambridge University
• 1984-89 Appointed Head of the Department of Geography, Cambridge University
• 1984-89 and 1990 – Elected Chairman, Development Studies Committee
• 1990 Elected Vice-Master, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University

• 1967 Awarded the Gill Memorial of the Royal Geographical Society for contributions to Physical Geography and quantitative studies.
• 1974 Sc.D., Cambridge University
• 1974 Elected first honorary life member of the British Geomorphological Research Group.
• 1981 Honors Award, Association of American Geographers
• 1987 Awarded the Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society
• 1988 Elected an Honorary Member of the Italian Geographical Society
• 1988 Elected to the Council of the Royal Geographical Society

1. Orbituary in The Independent
2. Orbituary on Cambridge University Website