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| Born | Herbert John Fleure (1877-06-06)6 June 1877 |
| Died | 1 July 1969(1969-07-01) (aged 92) |
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Herbert John Fleure,FRS FRAI[1] (6 June 1877 – 1 July 1969) was a Britishzoologist andgeographer. He was secretary of theGeographical Association, editor ofGeography, and president of theCambrian Archaeological Association (1924–25),Royal Anthropological Institute (1945–47) andGeographical Association (1948–49).
Fleure was born inGuernsey on 6 June 1877, the son of Jean Fleure and Marie Le Rougetel. He often astonished friends and relatives in the mid-twentieth century by recounting how his father had been taken to visit thebattlefield of Waterloo shortly after the battle (his father was born in 1803 and died in 1889). In 1897, he attended theUniversity of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he founded theStudent Representative Council. He graduatedB.Sc. with first-class honours in late 1901 and was offered aUniversity Fellowship.[2] He went on to study at the Zoological Institute inZurich, Switzerland.
Returning to Wales, Fleure became head of the Department of Zoology atAberystwyth in 1908. He assisted ProfessorPatrick Geddes with the mounting of the Cities and Town Planning Exhibition inDublin in August 1914.[3] From 1914 to 1920 he was president ofAberystwyth Old Students' Association.[4] In 1917, he became Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the university, holding the post until 1930, when he became professor of geography atVictoria University,Manchester. He was elected to membership of theManchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 2 February 1932[5] and President of the Society 1940–44. He was made a Fellow of theRoyal Society in 1936.[1] Following his retirement in 1944, he was president of theRoyal Anthropological Institute from 1945 to 1947.
He was a founder member of theGuernsey Society, which was established in 1943 to represent the interests of theNazi-occupied island to the British Authorities. After the war, he was a regular contributor toThe Quarterly Review, as well as toThe Guernsey Farmhouse, a book published by the Society in 1964 celebrating the ancient family houses in the island. He also authored biographies of several scientists includingArthur Robert Hinks,[6]Alfred Cort Haddon,[7]James George Frazer[8] andEmmanuel de Margerie[9]
From 1927 through 1956 he was the co-author of the ten volumes ofThe Corridors of Time byHarold John Edward Peake.
In 1910 Fleure married Hilda Mary Bishop inKing's Lynn; they had one son and one daughter. Hilda (1885-1974) survived her husband by five years.[10]
He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from theAmerican Geographical Society in 1930, and itsDaly Medal in 1939.[11] He was elected to membership of TheManchester Literary and Philosophical Society in 1932.[12] He received theVictoria Medal of theRoyal Geographical Society in 1946.[13]
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| Preceded by | President of theRoyal Anthropological Institute 1945–47 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1940–44 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Cambrian Archaeological Association 1924–25 | Succeeded by Hon. Charles Urien Rhys |
| Preceded by Thomas Jones | President of the Aberystwyth Old Students' Association 1914–20 | Succeeded by Henry Howard Humphreys |
