Canon Doctor Terry Slater is a reader in Historical Geography at the University of Birmingham, UK and also lectures. Born in Bromley but raised in Charlton he was educated at Hull University and later University College, London. Historical Geography is the study of the: Human Physical Fictional Theoretical and Real geographies of the past. ... The University of Birmingham is an English university in the city of Birmingham. ... The University of Hull, also known as Hull University, is an English university in East Yorkshire which was founded in 1927. ... The Front Quad University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ...

He got his first lecturing job at Birmingham in 1972 where he still works. Over the years he has, in his free time, devoted a lot of time to the churches of Birmingham. This lead to him being made a Canon in 2005. The city from above Centenary Square. ...

Dr.Slater's research interests include:

• 1. English medieval town planning
• 2. Town-plan analysis
• 3. Medieval towns and the Church
• 4. European medieval urban development
• 5. North American urban development
• 6. Urban conservation
• 7. Historic Towns Atlases
• 8. Early Industrial Towns
• 9. Faith in the City

Publications

1980 The making of the Scottish countryside (edited with M L Parry) (Croom Helm, London)
1982 Field and forest: an historical geography of Warwickshire and Worcestershire (edited with P J Jarvis) (Geo Books, Norwich)
1990 The built form of western cities: essays for M R G Conzen on the occasion of his 80th birthday (University Press, Leicester)
1996 Managing a Conurbation: Birmingham and its Region (edited with A. J. Gerrard) (Brewin Books, Studley)
1997 A History of Warwickshire (Phillimore, Chichester) (2nd revised edition)
1998 The Church in the Medieval Town (edited with G. Rosser) (Ashgate, Aldershot) 307 pp
2000 Urban Decline 100-1600 (ed.) (Ashgate, ALdershot) 325pp
2002 Edgbaston Past (Phillimore, Chichester)
2004 Creating Spaces: Model settlements, Garden Cities and New Towns (edited with J.R. Bryson) (Ashgate, Aldershot) c.350pp
2004 An Historical Atlas of Warwickshire (Phillimore, Chichester)
2005 A Centenary History of the Diocese of Birmingham (Phillimore, Chichester)

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