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Evans , Emyr Estyn , 1905-1989 , Professor of Geography
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Born, 1905; educated, Welshpool county school, 1915-1922; read geography and anthropology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1922-1925; first post in geography at Queen's University, Belfast, 1928; Professor of Geography, Queen's University, Belfast, 1945-1968; first Director of the newly established Institute of Irish Studies, 1968; retired, 1970; Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1973; died, 1989.