opposed to the common historical focus on institutional change. He described his approach as a trilogy of geography, history, and anthropology but his approach also made excellent use of geology and ecology. A further book, Ireland and the Atlantic Heritage: Selected Writings (1996), in which Gwyneth Evans wrote ‘A Biographical Memoir’ of her late husband, was published after his death. Honours and awards He received many awards, including the Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (1973), the merit award of the Association of American Geographers (1979), and honorary doctorates from University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, NUI, Queen's University Belfast and Bowdoin College in Maine. He was also President of the British Association Section E (Geography) (1958) and Section H (Anthropology) (1960), President of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society (1967–77) and of the Institute of British Geographers (1970). He was appointed a CBE in 1970 for services to the community. Private life He died in Belfast on 12 August 1989. He had married Gwyneth, the daughter of Professor Abel E. Jones and had four sons. References 1905 births 1989 deaths People from Shrewsbury British geographers British archaeologists Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Members of the Royal Irish Academy Historical geographers Victoria Medal recipients 20th-century archaeologists 20th-century geographers