In his work, he demonstrated the value of interdisciplinarity to environmental history, and the ways in which colonial archives could reveal the nature, extent and influence of global networks of environmental knowledge.

He was the husband of Melody Grove, his wife of 40 years. Published in "The Times, Trenton," on Jan. 14, 2011. Born in Reade Township, Cambria County, PA, he resided in Trenton for the past 26 years. Although this took him to many places in many part-time and temporary roles, his last post was as a full-time and permanent research professor, at the Australian National University in Canberra. Rich---May GOD grant that you rest in peace! Richard, we'll remember you as the civic activist that helped Trenton improve its self in the 90s, that helped TCCA be a more effective organization, and that initated your neighborhood civic group's biggest gains. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Grove’s PhD thesis formed the basis of his career-defining book Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism 1600-1860(1995). Tap ‘Menu’ and then ‘Times Radio’ to listen to the latest well-informed debate, expert analysis and breaking news. My condolences to everyone as we lost a true, kind, and sensitive person. ( Log Out /  Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.

Archives good.’. The devastating 1997/98 El Niño led Richard to embark on a pioneering project to uncover the ‘millennial history of El Niño’, from its origins in the mid-Holocene to the end of the twentieth century. Rich, we only knew you for a few short months, but you made an indelible impression on our minds and lives. Tim fondly recalls the ‘big adventures’ that they began sharing from the 1980s, as well as the crucial role that Richard’s academic work had in shaping his book The Colonial Earth. Powell and Michael Williams in Australia, and the French Institute in Pondicherry. First published in 1995 in an edition of just 960, it has been reprinted repeatedly and cited voluminously, transforming the field of environmental history. Born in Cambridge, Richard was the son of Jean (nee Clark) and her husband, Dick Grove, who were both lecturers at Cambridge University. Richard E. Grove obituary 1928~2020. Research for the book took him to eight countries foraging out forgotten. Life will never be the same but it never really is. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Richard N. Grove TRENTON - Richard N. Grove, 79, of Trenton, NJ, died on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at home. In 2002, Grove and Damodaran initiated the Centre for World Environmental History at the University of Sussex, to provide a focus for world environmental history, with the initial research theme being the forest and environmental history of the British Empire and Commonwealth. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Follow Repeating Islands on WordPress.com, Centro de Estudios del Caribe–Casa de las Americas, Nearly 10,000 Soldiers from DR Deployed to Border with Haiti, Armie Hammer on growing up in the Cayman Islands, Claude McKay in “The Books Briefing: The Writers Whom History Forgot”, New Contemporary Caribbean Art Exhibition to Launch at PAMA, Bob Marley: Ziggy Marley Takes Us Inside the Family Archives, Jamaican-American Simone Leigh Is First Black Woman to Represent U.S. at Venice Biennale, Jean-François Boclé: “Decolonizing the retinas”, Cuba Reopens Varadero Beaches to Tourists. Richard Grove obituary Environmental historian whose work showed that the Victorians had first noticed global warming Saturday August 08 2020, 12.01am , The Times With sincere thanks to Tim Bonyhady, John Dargavel, and Robyn Eckersley for sharing their fond memories of Richard. God bless. Don was born in Springfield and was preceded in death by his parents, Omer and Nan Grove; brothers, Jim, Gene, and Sonny Grove… everyone will miss. richard. I knew things were not going well but we always hope for miracles.
Richard Grove Death | Richard Grove Obituary – The author of the prizewinning book, “Green Imperialism” has lost his life. An obituary by Deepak Kumar for London’s Guardian. It is with great sadness that we reflect on the life and career of the environmental historian, Richard Grove, who passed on 25 June aged 64. I deeply regret not having had the opportunity to meet Richard prior to his accident, but his legend looms large. The book that made his name, Green Imperialism, was based on his PhD thesis and traced modern environmentalism back to the colonial era, when depletion of the local wildlife and the resulting famine and unrest inspired botanists to take the first steps towards conserving it. He had a strong sense of social justice, and an innate suspicion of authority.

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It was during his doctoral studies that he became a champion of environmental history, and the volume Conservation in Africa: People, Policies and Practises (1987), co-edited with David Anderson, remains a foundational work. Rick was born December 26, 1949 in Frederick, the son of Richard N., Grove … We were not tight but we had been friends over the past 17 years. Arrangements are under the direction of Frank M. Immordino of Brenna Funeral Home, 340 Hamilton Ave., Trenton. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. In it, he drew on archives from 12 countries and islands to overturn the idea that environmentalism originated in Europe, in the imperial “centre”. While studying in Cambridge, Richard met and became a close friend of Tim Bonyhady, then a fellow doctoral student and now Professor of Environmental Law at ANU. He had suffered a stroke last August. It is with great sadness that we reflect on the life and career of the environmental historian, Richard Grove, who passed on 25 June aged 64. Obituary: Richard Grove Richard Grove, Professorial Fellow of the Geography department at the University of Sussex (2006-2009) and Founding Director of the Centre for World Environmental History died on 25th June 2020. Find the obituary of Richard Grove (1930 - 2014) from Smithville, OH. Yet Grove never drew much of a distinction between his job as an environmental historian and his activism. Register below for the Griffith Review (Ed. There will be no calling hours. My prayers are with you all.. "Rich you were a true mentor and friend. At the Research School of Social Sciences, Grove continued to hone his imperial genealogy of the field of environmental history that decentered the wilderness-focused approach that dominated in the United States. During his doctoral studies at Cambridge University under the supervision of historical demographer Tony Wrigley, agrarian historian Joan Thirsk, and economic historian Barry Supple, he began to see India and the Caribbean as important sites in the colonial development of the environmental theories and practices that he would come to understand as early forms of environmentalism.
An elusive figure on campus, Richard nevertheless found a wide circle in Canberra including Mark Elvin, Jack Golson and Peter Herbst, all older than Richard and amongst the ANU’s most distinguished figures. Richard's Obituary. An obituary by Simon Pooley for The Mail and Guardian.. Richard Hugh Grove (1955-2020) Born and schooled in Accra in Ghana, before moving to Cambridge in the United Kingdom, Richard Grove … RICH everyone will miss you. Following on from Green Imperialism, he published Ecology, Climate and Empire: The Indian Legacy in Global Environmental History, 1400-1940 (1998), and with his wife (now professor) Vinita Damodaran (they married in Pondicherry in 1993) and S Sangwan, Nature and the Orient: The Environmental History of South and Southeast Asia (1998). Richard was committed to globalising environmental history beyond North America. ABN : 52 234 063 906. by Staff Report July 7, 2020; Paid advertisement. It was during a visit to the Centre in 2017 that I had the good fortune to learn more of Richard’s work and his legacy from my generous hosts, Vinita and Edwin. Grove’s many books were accompanied by a torrent of published papers and chapters, keynote addresses and interviews too numerous and varied to summarise here. From then on he won academic fellowships, grants, tenures, and a string of research awards and professorial fellowships from some of the world’s most prestigious universities and institutes. In the same year he published Green Imperialism, Richard launched the first issue of the journal Environment and History, which became the flagship journal of the European Society for Environmental History. He retired in 1993 after 14 years as a computer programmer from the State of New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Trenton. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. richard libensperger 7 bradley ct hamilton nj 08620, Share to let others add their own memories and condolences. Be strong Richard...peace.". Change ).

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