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Alfred Thomas Grove
Born(1924-04-08)8 April 1924
England
Died9 July 2023(2023-07-09) (aged 99)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Scientific career
FieldsGeography, Desertification, Climatology
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

Alfred Thomas Grove (8 April 1924 – 9 July 2023), known more commonly as Dick Grove, was a British geographer and climatologist. He was Emeritus Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge and a Director of the Centre of African Studies at the University of Cambridge. Grove researched Environmental Issues and Policy and the landscape change in southern Europe and Climate change and desertification with a focus on Africa and southern Europe.[1][2][3][4] He was awarded the Busk Medal in 1982 for his field work in Africa.

  1. ^ Hodder-Williams, Richard, ed. (1990). A Directory of Africanists in Britain (2nd ed.). [Bristol]: Published by University of Bristol on behalf of the Royal African Society. p. 49. ISBN 0862923646. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  2. ^ A T (Dick) Grove interviewed by Paul Merchant. Grove, Alfred Thomas (Dick), 1924-2023 (speaker, male; interviewee), 2010-02-26, 2010-03-12, 2010-04-16, 2010-05-05, 2010-06-11, 2010-07-06, 2010-10-20. Recording[1]
  3. ^ A.T. Grove, ‘Reminiscences’. In: Martin, M., Damodaran, V., D'Souza, R. (eds) Geography in Britain after World War II. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. [2]
  4. ^ Goudie, A. (2023) 'Dick Grove, 1924-2023 — An appreciation' [3]

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