Ron Johnston (geographer)

[1][2] His broad scope is illustrated by the fact that he made extensive use of quantitative methods, while critically dealing with subjects of social and political relevance.

From 1967–1974, he was part of the academic staff at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, where his interest in electoral geography began to develop.

Johnston became co-editor of the two journals Progress in Human Geography and Environment and Planning A that same year.

In 1981, the first edition of The Dictionary of Human Geography, to which Johnston contributed hundreds of articles,[4] was published.

[1] Johnston was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to scholarship.