# Dick Hodder

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**Bramwell William** "**Dick**" **Hodder** (15 November 1923 – 12 September 2006) was a British [geographer](/source/Geographer) and academic, specialising in [African studies](/source/African_studies).

Having served in the [British Army](/source/British_Army) during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), he studied geography at [Oriel College, Oxford](/source/Oriel_College,_Oxford) and the [University of London](/source/University_of_London). He then began a long academic career stretching across three continents: he was a [lecturer](/source/Lecturer) at the [University of Malaya in Singapore](/source/National_University_of_Singapore) (1952–1956), the [University of Ibadan](/source/University_of_Ibadan) in Nigeria (1956–1963), the [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) in Scotland (1963–1964), before joining [Queen Mary College](/source/Queen_Mary_College), University of London in England in 1964 as a [Reader](/source/Reader_(academic_rank)). He moved to the University of London's [School of Oriental and African Studies](/source/School_of_Oriental_and_African_Studies) in 1970 as Professor of Geography, retiring in 1983 and being appointed [emeritus professor](/source/Emeritus_professor).[1][2]

Hodder was married three times. Among his five children and two step-daughters is the archaeologist and academic [Ian Hodder](/source/Ian_Hodder).[2][3]

## Selected works

- *Africa in Transition: Geographical Essays*. 1967.
- Hodder, B. W. (1968). *Economic Development in the Tropics*. 1st ed. London: Methuen.
- Hodder, B. W. & Ukwu, U. I. (1969). *Markets in West Africa; studies of markets and trade among the Yoruba and Ibo*. Ibadan University Press: Ibadan.
- Hodder, B. W & Lee, Roger (1974). *Economic Geography*. London: Methuen. ISBN 9780416070804.
- Hodder, B. W. (1978). *Africa today: A short introduction to African affairs*. London: Methuen.
- *Land-locked states of Africa and Asia*. London: Taylor and Francis. 1998. ISBN 9780714648293.

## References

1. ["Dick Hodder (15 November 1923 - 12 September 2006)"](https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/dick-hodder-8j7gv7psf27). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. 24 November 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

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