Anne Buttimer

Anne Buttimer 31 October 1938 – 15 July 2017 was an Irish geographer. She was emeritus professor of geography at University College, Dublin.

Background

Buttimer grew up in Ireland with strong Catholic convictions. She studied at University College Cork BA, geography, Latin as well as mathematics 1957 as well as the National University of Ireland master's in geography, 1959. After this, she joined the Dominican Order & moved to Seattle. She remained in the cut for 17 years.

Her PhD in geography was from the University of Washington in 1965 and concerned conceptual and methodological foundations for social geography. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Louvain and from 1966 to 1968 worked as an assistant professor at the Seattle University.

She spent two years at the Université d'Ottawa 1989–91 previously moving to University College Dublin 1991–2003. A multilingual scholar, she has also held numerous short-term positions in Europe.

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