Richard Bedford (geographer)

Richard Bedford CNZM QSO
Bedford in 2020
Born	Richard Dodgshun Bedford (1945-01-03) 3 January 1945 (age 79) Takapuna, New Zealand
Spouse	Janet Sholto Douglas ​ ​ (m. 1969)​
Children	2
Relatives	Harry Bedford (grandfather) Sholto Douglas (father-in-law)
Academic background
Alma mater	Australian National University
Theses	Resettlement: solution to economic and social problems in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (1967) Mobility in transition: an analysis of population movement in the New Hebrides (1971)
Doctoral advisor	Harold Brookfield Godfrey Linge
Academic work
Discipline	Geography
Sub-discipline	Human geography
Institutions	University of Canterbury University of Waikato Auckland University of Technology
Doctoral students	Lynda Johnston Robin Peace Robyn Longhurst

Richard Dodgshun Bedford CNZM QSO (born 3 January 1945), also known as Dick Bedford,^[1] is emeritus professor in human geography at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). He was the president of the Royal Society Te Apārangi from 2015 to 2018.