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Ken Cumberland
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Kenneth Brailey Cumberland
(1913-10-01 ) 1 October 1913Died 17 April 2011(2011-04-17) (aged 97 ) Alma mater University of New Zealand Scientific career Fields Physical geography Thesis The regional morphology of soil erosion in New Zealand: a geographic reconnaissance (DSc , 1945)
Kenneth Brailey Cumberland CBE
Academic career [ edit ]
After a bachelor 's in geography at Nottingham University College and a MSc at University College, London , Cumberland emigrated to Canterbury College, Christchurch (now the University of Canterbury ) immediately before the outbreak of World War II . After the war he moved to Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland ). In each place he played a key role in the establishment of teaching of physical geography . After retiring in 1978 he made and narrated a television series, Landmarks , on the geography of New Zealand.[1] [2] [3]
Political career [ edit ]
Cumberland was an associate of Dove-Myer Robinson and were both members of the Drainage League that opposed the Brown's Bay scheme supported by the then mayor John Allum . Later, he was elected to the Auckland City Council in 1953 as part of Robinson's United Independents ticket.[5] 1956 and 1959 ; in the latter he was on the "Civic Reform" ticket that briefly succeeded the United Independents.[6] [7]
Honours [ edit ]
Cumberland was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1973.[8] 1982 Queen's Birthday Honours , he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire , for services to geography and the community.[9]
Cumberland died on 17 April 2011, aged 97. He was survived by two of his children.[10]
^ "The institutionalisation of geography in New Zealand, an interpretation: a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Geography, Massey University" . Muir.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 July 2014 .
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^ "List of all fellows with surnames A–C" . Royal Society of New Zealand. 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2018 .
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^ "Geographer gave us story of NZ" . The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 20 June 2018 .
References [ edit ]
Edgar, John (2012). Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson . Hodder Moa .
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