Richard Bedford (geographer)
{{Short description|New Zealand human geographer (b. 1945)}}
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| birth_name = Richard Dodgshun Bedford
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|01|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Takapuna, New Zealand
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| spouse = {{marriage|Janet Sholto Douglas|1969}}
| children = 2
| relatives = Harry Bedford (grandfather)
Sholto Douglas (father-in-law)
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| alma_mater = Australian National University
| thesis1_title = Resettlement: solution to economic and social problems in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
| thesis1_url = https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/18055
| thesis1_year = 1967
| thesis2_title = Mobility in transition: an analysis of population movement in the New Hebrides
| thesis2_url = https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/118435
| thesis2_year = 1971
| doctoral_advisor = Harold Brookfield
Godfrey Linge
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| discipline = Geography
| sub_discipline = Human geography
| workplaces = University of Canterbury
University of Waikato
Auckland University of Technology
| doctoral_students = Lynda Johnston
Robin Peace
Robyn Longhurst
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Richard Dodgshun Bedford {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|QSO}} (born 3 January 1945), also known as Dick Bedford,{{cite web |title=Distinguished New Zealand Geographer Award 2007 : Professor Richard Bedford |url= https://www.nzgs.co.nz/images/stories/nzgs/pdfs/nzgs-citations/dickbedford.pdf |publisher=New Zealand Geographical Society |accessdate=15 August 2020 |date=2007}} is emeritus professor in human geography at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). He was the president of the Royal Society Te Apārangi from 2015 to 2018.
Early life
Bedford was born in 1945 in Takapuna. His parents were Beryl ({{nee}} Sanders) and John Dodgshun Bedford.{{cite book |title=Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6x8OAQAAMAAJ |last1=Lambert |first1=Max |year=1991 |edition=12th |publisher=Octopus |location=Auckland |page=46|isbn = 9780790001302}} His grandfather was the academic and member of parliament Harry Bedford.Births, deaths, and marriages online: registration number 1916/29887; Department of Internal Affairs He received his primary school education in East Taieri, Te Puke, Te Kauwhata, and Campbells Bay. He then attended Rangitoto College before completing a Bachelor of Arts in 1965 and a Master of Arts in 1967 at the University of Auckland. The title of his master's thesis was Resettlement: solution to economic and social problems in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.{{cite thesis |last=Bedford |first=Richard |year=1967 |type=Masters thesis |title=Resettlement: solution to economic and social problems in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |hdl=2292/18055}} He gained his PhD from the Australian National University in Canberra in 1972, with the title of his doctoral thesis as Mobility in transition: an analysis of population movement in the New Hebrides.{{Cite Q|Q98398354|type=Doctoral thesis}}
In 1969, he married Janet Sholto Douglas, the daughter of Royal Air Force senior commander Sholto Douglas. They were to have one son and one daughter.
Career
From 1972 to 1989, Bedford was a geography lecturer at the University of Canterbury. From 1989, he was professor of geography at the University of Waikato. He retired from the university and in 2014, Waikato awarded him the title emeritus professor.{{cite web |title=Trio honoured for their work |url=https://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-opinion/media/2014/trio-honoured-for-their-work |publisher=University of Waikato |accessdate=15 August 2020 |date=16 October 2014}}
In 2010, Bedford moved to Auckland University of Technology (AUT) as pro vice-chancellor research. In 2016, AUT also awarded Bedford the title emeritus professor.{{cite press release |author= |title= Professor Richard Bedford named AUT Emeritus Professor |url= https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1606/S00097/professor-richard-bedford-named-aut-emeritus-professor.htm |location= Auckland |publisher=Auckland University of Technology |agency=Scoop |date=27 June 2016 |access-date=15 August 2020}}
Notable students include Lynda Johnston, Robin Peace and Robyn Longhurst.{{cite thesis |last=Johnston |first=Lynda |year=1998 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Body Tourism in Queered Streets: Geographies of gay pride parades |publisher=Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato |hdl=10289/9780 |url=https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/9780}}{{cite thesis |last=Longhurst |first=Robyn |year=1996 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Geographies that matter: Pregnant bodies in public places |publisher=Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato |hdl=10289/5644 |url=https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/5644}}{{cite thesis |last=Peace |first=Robin |year=1999 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Surface tension: Place/poverty/policy: From "poverty" to "social exclusion": Implications of discursive shifts in European Union poverty policy, 1975-1999 |publisher=Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato |hdl=10289/12141 |url=https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/12141}}
Bedford was president of the Royal Society Te Apārangi from July 2015 to July 2018.{{cite web |title=Past President's speech at farewell function |url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/past-president-speech-at-farewell-function/ |publisher=Royal Society Te Apārangi |accessdate=15 August 2020 |date=26 July 2018}}
Honours and awards
Bedford was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2000. He was awarded Distinguished New Zealand Geographer in 2007. In the 2008 New Year Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO) for services to geography.{{cite web | url= https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2008 | title=New Year honours list 2008 |date=31 December 2007 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=15 August 2020}} In the 2020 New Year Honours, he was appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to governance.{{cite web | url= https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2020 | title=New Year honours list 2020 |date=31 December 2019 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=15 August 2020}}
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