David M. Smith (1936–2021) was a British human geographer. He made attempts to bring moral philosophy into human geography, thus enabling the development of moral geographies as a field of study. He worked until his retirement as a Professor of geography at Queen Mary University of London[1] and had previously worked at the University of Manchester, University of Southern Illinois, University of Florida and had short-term lectureships at the University of Natal, the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of New England. Major influences on his approach were August Lösch's Economics of Location and Harold Lasswell's argument that politics is about who gets what, when and how to which he added the human geographers where.[2][3][4]
Smith was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2009.[5]
Selected publications
edit- Smith, D. M. (2000). Moral geographies: Ethics in a world of difference. Edinburgh University Press.
- Smith, D. M. (1994). Geography and social justice. John Wiley & Sons
- Smith, D. M. (1977) Human Geography: A Welfare Approach, Edward Arnold
References
edit- ^ "David Smith". www.qmul.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ Lee, Roger (2022) David Smith obituary, The Guardian 10th March
- ^ Hilton, Matthew (2021-11-23). "Remembering Emeritus Professor David Smith". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ Slater, Tom; Lee, Roger. "David M. Smith" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy. 21: 359–380 – via The British Academy.
- ^ "Professor David Smith FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 2024-02-07.