Kenneth Mason (geographer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kenneth Mason (geographer)

British geographer

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1887

Place of Birth: London Borough of Sutton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Jun-1976

Profession: engineer, geographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Lieut-Colonel Kenneth Mason MC (10 September 1887 – 2 June 1976) was a British soldier and geographer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of Oxford.
His work surveying the Himalayas was rewarded in 1927 with a Royal Geographical Society Founder's Medal, the citation reading for his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shaksgam Expedition.