Roger Tomlinson

Roger Tomlinson
OC FRCGS
Born
Roger Frank Tomlinson

(1933-11-17)17 November 1933
Cambridge, England
Died7 February 2014(2014-02-07) (aged 80)
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham, Acadia University, McGill University, University College London
OccupationGeographer
AwardsUCGIS Fellow, Order of Canada, Alexander Graham Bell Medal of the National Geographic Society, Gold Medal of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Murchison Award of the Royal Geographical Society, honorary Doctorate of Science University of Nottingham, honorary Doctorate of Science Acadia University, honorary Doctorate of Science McGill University, honorary Member of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, honorary Doctorate of Science University of Lethbridge, URISA GIS Hall of Fame

Roger Frank Tomlinson OC FRCGS (17 November 1933 – 7 February 2014) was an English-Canadian geographer and the primary originator of modern geographic information systems (GIS), and has been acknowledged as the "father of GIS."

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