Professor Humphrey Southall
Biography
I graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1976, and then spent a year as a Special Student at Harvard University. I returned to Cambridge from 1977-9, studying for my PhD, then moved to a lectureship at Queen Mary, University of London. I was awarded my PhD in 1984 and was promoted to a Readership at Queen Mary in 1995. I moved from Queen Mary to Portsmouth in 2000.
Research interests
- History of the North-South divide in Britain
- Data models for gazetteers and geospatial ontologies
- Long-run impacts of locality characteristics on health inequalities
- The role of travellers in the development of political life
Research outputs
2025
Disambiguating geographical names in historical British censuses and travel writing
Aucott, P., Southall, H.
18 Mar 2025, In: Studia Geohistorica. 12, 21p.
Research output: Article
2024
The 2024 General Election and the rise of Reform UK
Heath, O., Prosser, C., Southall, H., Aucott, P.
30 Nov 2024, In: Political Quarterly
Research output: Article
Election 2024: these are the races to watch
Heath, O., Southall, H., Aucott, P., Prosser, C.
25 Jun 2024, In: The Conversation
Research output: Article
Ten seats where Reform poses a threat to the Tories
Heath, O., Southall, H., Aucott, P., Prosser, C.
20 Jun 2024, In: The Conversation
Research output: Article
2023
Linking climate warming and land conversion to species’ range changes across Great Britain
Suggitt, A. J., Wheatley, C. J., Aucott, P., Beale, C. M., Fox, R., Hill, J. K., Isaac, N. J., Martay, B., Southall, H., Thomas, C. D., Walker, K. J., Auffret, A. G.
30 Oct 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 9p., 6759
Research output: Article
2022
Service sector employment in Great Britain 1841-2011
Aucott, P., Southall, H.
1 Oct 2022, In: Journal of Maps. 18, 3, p. 567-575, 10p.
Research output: Article