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Monica Mary Cole (5 May 1922 – 8 January 1994) was an English geographer and lecturer. She was appointed geography lecturer at the University of Cape Town in 1947 before joining the staff of the University of the Witwatersrand's Department of Geography the following year. Cole became a senior lecturer at Keele University in 1951 and was appointed Chair of Geography at her alma mater Bedford College, London in 1964. She resigned her position in 1975 and was made Director of Research in Geobotany, Terrain Analysis, and Related Resource Use, which she held until her retirement in 1987. Cole was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Murchison Award in 1987. Following her death, the society established a research travel grant in her name, from funding left to it by her.

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  • Monica Mary Cole, née le 5 mai 1922 et décédée le 8 janvier 1994 à Londres, est une géographe britannique considérée comme l'une des pionnières de la biogéographie, de la géobotanique de terrain et de la télédétection. Elle étudie les liens entre ressources minières et la végétation, notamment en Afrique du Sud et en Australie mais aussi au Brésil, en Chine et en Finlande. Elle montre notamment que la plante Hybanthus floribundus est un indicateur de nickel et Helichrysum leptolepis de cuivre. Elle enseigne en tant que professeure dans plusieurs université d'Afrique du Sud dans les années 1940 puis au Royaume-Uni dans les années 1950 avant d'être nommée présidente de la chaire de géographie au Bedford College de Londres en 1964. Elle participe au développement de cette université pour en faire l'un des principaux centre universitaire de biogéographie du Royaume-Uni. Monica Cole contribue également à un grand nombre de partenariats et de missions de consultation auprès d'entreprises, d'institutions et structures de recherches au cours de sa carrière et défend le travail de recherche à l'étranger. Monica Cole reçoit le prix Murchison de la Royal Geographical Society en 1987. Après sa mort, l'institution créée une bourse de voyage de recherche pour les étudiantes en son nom à partir des fonds qu'elle a légué. (fr)
  • Monica Mary Cole (5 May 1922 – 8 January 1994) was an English geographer and lecturer. She was appointed geography lecturer at the University of Cape Town in 1947 before joining the staff of the University of the Witwatersrand's Department of Geography the following year. Cole became a senior lecturer at Keele University in 1951 and was appointed Chair of Geography at her alma mater Bedford College, London in 1964. She resigned her position in 1975 and was made Director of Research in Geobotany, Terrain Analysis, and Related Resource Use, which she held until her retirement in 1987. Cole was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Murchison Award in 1987. Following her death, the society established a research travel grant in her name, from funding left to it by her. (en)
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  • Monica Mary Cole (en)
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  • Bedford College, London (en)
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  • Monica Mary Cole (en)
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  • The Economic Geography of Building Materials (en)
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  • Bedford College, London (en)
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  • Monica Mary Cole (5 May 1922 – 8 January 1994) was an English geographer and lecturer. She was appointed geography lecturer at the University of Cape Town in 1947 before joining the staff of the University of the Witwatersrand's Department of Geography the following year. Cole became a senior lecturer at Keele University in 1951 and was appointed Chair of Geography at her alma mater Bedford College, London in 1964. She resigned her position in 1975 and was made Director of Research in Geobotany, Terrain Analysis, and Related Resource Use, which she held until her retirement in 1987. Cole was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Murchison Award in 1987. Following her death, the society established a research travel grant in her name, from funding left to it by her. (en)
  • Monica Mary Cole, née le 5 mai 1922 et décédée le 8 janvier 1994 à Londres, est une géographe britannique considérée comme l'une des pionnières de la biogéographie, de la géobotanique de terrain et de la télédétection. Elle étudie les liens entre ressources minières et la végétation, notamment en Afrique du Sud et en Australie mais aussi au Brésil, en Chine et en Finlande. Elle montre notamment que la plante Hybanthus floribundus est un indicateur de nickel et Helichrysum leptolepis de cuivre. (fr)
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