Thomas Alford-Smith (1864-1936) was a British geographer. An educator at St Dunstan's College, he authored several influential early 20th-century works on the geography of Europe and

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Biography

Thomas Alford-Smith was born in the United States in 1864. He joined the staff at St Dunstan's College, Catford, London in 1897, where he remained until his retirement in July 1929. Alford-Smith's early interest in geography was simulated by his associations with

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. He became a life member of the Geographical Association in 1903 and later a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Alford-Smith was well known as a teacher in geography, and his book on the geography of

was widely used both in the United Kingdom and the United States. For several years, Alford-Smith served as an examiner in geography for the University of Cambridge, the University of London, the Northern Universities Joint Board, the Civil Service Commission and the

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. He died on Lewisham, London on 6 March 1936.

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