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- Neil Robert Smith (18 July 1954 – 29 September 2012) was a Scottish geographer and Marxist academic. He was Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and winner of numerous awards, including the Globe Book Award of the Association of American Geographers.
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Neil Robert Smith (18 July 1954 – 29 September 2012) was a Scottish geographer and Marxist academic. He was Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and winner of numerous awards, including the Globe Book Award of the Association of American Geographers.
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Sep 29, 2013 · This love of the natural landscape led Neil to the study of geography, and when he entered St. Andrews University, he was pretty sure he would become a glacial geomorphologist, or maybe an expert on American silage systems.
Smith, Distinguished Professor of Geography and Anthropology, and founding Director of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the City University of New York (CUNY), died in New York on 29 September 2012.
Smith was a revolutionary force in the academic discipline of geography and beyond. A polarizing figure, his sharp wit and direct style could be taken harshly by those whose work was the aim of his critiques, while others recognized him as a role model for politically committed scholars.
Oct 3, 2012 · Neil Smith, Sixth Century Professor of Geography and Social Theory at the University of Aberdeen, died after a short illness in New York on 29th September.
Neil Robert Smith was a Scottish geographer and Marxist academic. He was Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and winner of numerous awards, including the Globe Book Award of the Association of American Geographers.
I recall many generative debates between them at pubs in Galway, Ireland. Blanca Ramírez of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, in Xochimilco, México was a comrade of Neil’s and fellow organizer of the International Critical Geography group, and shares her reflections on this important work.
