Joy Tivy
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Joy Tivy FRSE FRSGS FIB (1924–1995) was a 20th century Irish physical geographer at the University of Glasgow.{{cite journal|last=Haughton|first=Joe|author2=Sweeney, John |author3=Nolan, Willie |author4= Brady, Joe |title=An Appreciation|journal=Irish Geography |date=January 1996 |volume=29|issue=1|pages=55–56|doi=10.1080/00750779609478664}} She specialised in biogeography and has been credited for having helped raise the profile of biogeography as a distinct sub-discipline of geography. She published over 40 papers, books and reports and she was often asked to advise government agencies and other organisations. She was a strong advocate of the importance of field studies for providing essential skills for geography graduates. Her capacity as a teacher was as highly regarded as her research — she was known to be enthusiastic and engaging to a wide range of audiences - a medal has been created by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in honour of her commitment to Geographical Education and Teaching.
Life
Joy Tivy was born in Carlow, Ireland on 24 August 1924.
She commenced studies at the University College Dublin in 1942 where she studied geography as her primary subject with botany and geology as her secondary areas. She excelled as an undergraduate most notably scoring highest in highly competitive exams in 1944, which granted her status as a Scholar. She graduated with first class honours in 1946 and after a brief period of teaching at the University of Leeds she accepted a position at the University of Edinburgh where she completed her doctorate. Her PhD thesis was entitled, A study of the effect of physical factors on the vegetation of hill grazings in selected areas of southern Scotland, p. 55. In 1956 she moved to the University of Glasgow where she stayed for the rest of her career (she retired in 1989). She was the second female to be awarded at professorship at the University of Glasgow in 1976{{cite web|last=University of Glasgow|url=http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_109450_en.pdf|accessdate=3 December 2013|title=University of Glasgow Past and Present|archive-date=14 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514073612/http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_109450_en.pdf|url-status=dead}} and was head of the Department of Geography and Topographic Science.
In 1984 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.{{cite web |title=Biographical Index of former RSE Fellows 1783-2002 |page=175 |publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh |year=2002 |url=http://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/all_fellows.pdf |accessdate=2013-12-02 }} Her proposers were John Lenihan, William Whigham Fletcher, Donald Michie, S. G. Checkland, Lord Cameron, and Wreford Watson. She was also elected a Fellow of the Institute of Biology (FIB).{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=17 December 2018|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Following retirement in 1984 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (FRSGS).
She was actively involved in the Scottish Field Studies Association, with 10 years as chairperson and served as the editor of Scottish Geographical Magazine for a decade.
She died on 10 July 1995.
Recognition
The RSGS established the Joy Tivy Education Medal in her honour, which is awarded annually "in recognition of an outstanding contribution to geographical education".{{cite web|last=RSGS |url=http://www.rsgs.org/awardsandmedals/ |accessdate=3 December 2013 |title=Royal Scottish Geographical Society Medals Page |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120908105635/http://www.rsgs.org/awardsandmedals/ |archivedate=8 September 2012 }}
Publications
These are some of her most notable books:
- Agricultural Ecology. Tivy, Joy. 1990. Longman Scientific and Technical.
- Biogeography: A Study of Plants in the Ecosphere. Tivy, Joy. 1993. Routledge.
- Human Impact on the Ecosystem (Conceptual frameworks in geography). Tivy, Joy. O'Hare, G. 1982. Oliver & Boyd.
- The Organic Resources of Scotland. Tivy, Joy. 1973. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd.
- The Glasgow region: a general survey. Eds. Ronald Miller and Joy Tivy. 1958. Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable.
She has 33 papers listed on ISI Web of Science.{{cite book|last=Web of Science|title=Web of Science|url=http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/|access-date=3 December 2013|archive-date=31 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331035254/https://wok.mimas.ac.uk/|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Scientists from County Carlow
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Category:Alumni of University College Dublin
Category:British women geographers
Category:Academics of the University of Glasgow
Category:20th-century British women scientists
Category:20th-century British geographers
Category:Irish emigrants to the United Kingdom