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Paul Cloke

{{Short description|British geographer and author (1953–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}

Paul J. Cloke, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|commas=on|FBA|FAcSS|size=100%}} (1953{{CN|date=September 2023|reason=no source for DoB}} – 25 May 2022) was an author and emeritus professor of geography. He was known as the founding editor of the international and multidisciplinary academic Journal of Rural Studies, published by Elsevier Science.Oakes, Tim; and Price, Patricia Lynn. The Cultural Geography Reader, Taylor & Francis, page 233, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0415418737}} {{As of|2012}}, he was a faculty member of the Department of Geography at the University of Exeter.{{cite web|url=http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Paul_Cloke |title=Staff profiles - Geography - University of Exeter |publisher=Geography.exeter.ac.uk |date= |access-date=22 June 2012}}

Educational background

Cloke attended the University of Southampton, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in geography. He studied for his PhD at Wye College (University of London).{{cite thesis|last=Cloke|first= P. J. |year=1977|title= The use of key settlement policies in the planning of rural areas. Imperial College London (University of London)|url= https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.451708|website=ethos.bl.uk|type= Ph.D }} His academic area of expertise focused on human geography.{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/homeless/homelessplaces/team.html |title=QMUL > Department of Geography > Homeless Research > Homeless Places Project > Project team |publisher=Geog.qmul.ac.uk |date= |access-date=22 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222305/http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/homeless/homelessplaces/team.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Professional background

Following his graduation from Wye College, Cloke joined the staff of St David's University College, Lampeter (University of Wales). While at Lampeter, he was part of the Lampeter Geography School. He has also served as a professor of geography at the University of Bristol. At the time of his death he was an emeritus professor at the University of Exeter and adjunct professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Theology

Cloke was an Evangelical Christian{{cite book |editor1-last=Cloke |editor1-first=Paul |editor2-last=Doel |editor2-first=Marcus |editor3-last=Matless |editor3-first=D |editor4-last=Phillips |editor4-first=M |editor5-last=Thift |editor5-first=Nigel |title=Writing the rural: five cultural geographies |date=1994 |publisher=Paul Chapman Pub |location=London |isbn=1853961973}} and co-authored a trilogy of works entitled Mission in Marginal Places with theologian Mike Pears.{{cite book |last1=Cloke |first1=Paul |last2=Pears |first2=Mike |title=Mission in marginal places : the theory |date=2016 |publisher=Paternoster Press |location=Milton Keynes |isbn=978-1842279090}}{{cite book |last1=Cloke |first1=Paul |last2=Pears |first2=Mike |title=Mission in marginal places : the praxis|date=2016 |publisher=Paternoster Press |location=Milton Keynes |isbn=978-1842279106}}{{cite book |last1=Cloke |first1=Paul |last2=Pears |first2=Mike |title=Mission in marginal places : the stories|date=2019 |publisher=Paternoster Press |location=Milton Keynes |isbn=978-1780781853}}

Death

Cloke died on 25 May 2022.[https://rgrg.co.uk/professor-paul-cloke Professor Paul Cloke] – Rural Geography Research Group

Honors and awards

  • 2022: Victoria Medal, Royal Geographical Society{{cite web |title=Victoria Medal recipient - Professor Paul Cloke |url=https://www.rgs.org/geography/news/victoria-medal-professor-paul-cloke/ |website=Royal Geographical Society}}
  • Doctor of Science, University of Bristol,
  • 2002: Academician of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences{{cite web |url=http://www.acss.org.uk/about5.htm |title=Academy of Social Sciences |publisher=Acss.org.uk |access-date=22 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723003803/http://www.acss.org.uk/about5.htm |archive-date=23 July 2013}}
  • 2005: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/2005/11/16/royal-society-elects-10-scientists-to-prestigious-science-academy/ |title=Royal Society elects 10 scientists to prestigious science academy |publisher=Royalsociety.org.nz |date=16 November 2005 |access-date=22 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210041040/http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/2005/11/16/royal-society-elects-10-scientists-to-prestigious-science-academy/ |archive-date=10 February 2013}}
  • 2009: Fellow of the British Academy{{cite web |url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/elections/cloke.cfm |title=Elections to the Fellowship 2009: Professor Paul Cloke |publisher=britac.ac.uk |access-date=20 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130221757/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/elections/cloke.cfm |archive-date=30 January 2013}}

Published works

Cloke was author or editor of over 40 books.

  • Cloke, Paul J. 1983. An Introduction to Rural Settlement Planning, Taylor & Francis, Inc.. {{ISBN|978-0416738001}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 1985. Rural Resource Management, St. Martin's Press. {{ISBN|978-0312696023}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 1990. The Rural State?: Limits to Planning in Rural Society, Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0198232872}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 1990. Policies and Plans for Rural People: An International Perspective, Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|978-0047110177}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 1991. Approaching Human Geography, Guilford Publications, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0898624908}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 1992. Policy and Change in Thatcher's Britain: Policy and Planning and Critical Theory, Elsevier Science & Technology Books. {{ISBN|978-0080406473}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 1992. Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations, Cengage Learning. {{ISBN|978-0047110252}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 1994. Writing The Rural, SAGE Publications. {{ISBN|978-1853961977}}
  • Paul J. Cloke, Paul Milbourne, Thomas, Chris. 1994. Lifestyles in Rural England. Rural Development Commission. {{ISBN|9781869964405}}
  • Cloke, Paul J., Goodwin, Mark and Milbourne, Paul. 1997. Rural Wales: Community and marginalisation. University of Wales Press. {{ISBN|9780708313657}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 1999. Introducing Human Geographies, London: Hodder Education (subsidiary of Hachette Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0340691939}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 2002. Rural Homelessness: Issues, Experiences and Policy Responses, Policy Press. {{ISBN|978-1861342843}}
  • Jones, Owain and Cloke, Paul J. 2002. Tree Cultures: The Place of Trees and Trees in Their Place. Berg.
  • Cloke, Paul J. 2004. Practising Human Geography, SAGE Publications. {{ISBN|978-1848604889}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 2005. Spaces of Geographical Thought: Deconstructing Human Geography's Binaries, SAGE Publications. {{ISBN|978-0761947318}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 2006. The Handbook of Rural Studies, SAGE Publications. {{ISBN|978-0761973324}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 2010. Swept-Up Lives?: Re-envisioning the Homeless City, Wiley-Blackwell. {{ISBN|978-1405153874}}
  • Cloke, Paul J. 2010. Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption, Wiley-Blackwell. {{ISBN|978-1405145589}}
  • Del Casino, Vinnie, Thomas, Mary E., Cloke, Paul J. and Panelli, Ruth (eds.). 2011. A Companion to Social Geography. Wiley. {{ISBN|9781444395204}}
  • Pears, Mike and Cloke, Paul J. (eds.). 2016. Mission in Marginal Places: The Theory. Paternoster.
  • Pears, Mike and Cloke, Paul J. (eds.). 2016. Mission in Marginal Places: The Praxis. Paternoster.
  • Cloke, Paul J. and Pears, Mike (eds.). 2019. Mission in Marginal Places: The Stories. Paternoster. {{ISBN|9781780781853}}
  • Cloke, Paul J., Baker, Christopher, Sutherland, Callum and Williams, Andrew. 2019. Geographies of Postsecularity: Re-envisioning Politics, Subjectivity and Ethics. Routledge. {{ISBN|9781317367635}}
  • Cloke, Paul J., David Conradson, Eric Pawson, and Harvey C. Perkins. 2023.The Post-earthquake City: Disaster and Recovery in Christchurch, New Zealand. Routledge. {{ISBN|9781000839401}}

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