# James Fairgrieve

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{{Short description|British geographer, educator and geopolitician}}
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'''James Fairgrieve''' (1870 – 1953) was a British [geographer](/source/geographer), [educator](/source/teacher), and [geopolitician](/source/geopolitics).  He is best known for his books ''[Geography and World Power](/source/Geography_and_World_Power)'' (1915) and ''[Geography in School](/source/Geography_in_School)'' (1926).

==Biography==
James Fairgrieve was born in 1870 in [Scotland](/source/Scotland), son to a Scottish [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian) [minister](/source/minister_(Christianity)).  His education was undertaken at [Aberystwyth University](/source/Aberystwyth_University), graduating in 1889, and then at [Jesus College, Oxford](/source/Jesus_College%2C_Oxford), reading [mathematics](/source/mathematics).<ref name="obit">{{cite journal |last=H. |first=R. C. |date=March 1954 |title=Obituary: James Fairgrieve 1870-1953 |journal=The Geographical Journal |volume=120 |issue=1 |pages=130 |jstor=1792027}}</ref>

Fairgrieve began his career teaching in [Kelso](/source/Kelso%2C_Scottish_Borders) at [Kelso High School](/source/Kelso_High_School_(Scotland)) and [Campbeltown](/source/Campbeltown) in Scotland.  He then moved to London, founding the [New Southgate High School](/source/Southgate_School).  In 1907, he became geography master at [William Ellis School](/source/William_Ellis_School).<ref name="obit" />

Fairgrieve had no formal training in geography, but took part-time courses in geography at the [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics).  These courses were taught by geographer and geopolitician [Halford Mackinder](/source/Halford_Mackinder).  From that point forward, Fairgrieve devoted his life's work to geography.<ref name="obit" />

Fairgrieve's career blossomed from 1912, when he left William Ellis School, until 1935, when he retired from [Readership](/source/Reader_(academic_rank)) at the [University of London](/source/University_of_London) [Institute of Education](/source/Institute_of_Education).  He held a number of influential positions at the University of London and the [Geographical Association](/source/Geographical_Association) (he was president in 1935) in addition to teaching.  His view of geography was fundamentally centered on [human geography](/source/human_geography).<ref name="obit" />

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=James Fairgrieve}}

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