It's co-written by former GA (and RGS) President Michael Wise.
Michael covered the first 50 years, which included the influence of Halford Mackinder.
There are links with quite a few former GA Presidents who were staff members.
Can you spot them here?
Students were required to follow at least 100 hours of formal study which could be spread over more than one session. Mackinder and Sargent conducted special classes. Some remarkable students were attracted. The first Certificate to be awarded went to James Fairgrieve (1906) who, from 1912, was to take charge of geography in the London Day Training College (now the Institute of Education) and to produce such classics as Geography and World Power and Geography in School.
Some interesting sources are mentioned:
Beaver, S.H., `Geography in the Joint School (London School of Economics and King's College)', ch.6 in Steel, R.W. (ed.), British Geography 1918-45, Cambridge University Press, 1987. Buchanan, R. Ogilvie, `A has-been looks back', Horizon, 22, 1973.
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