Christopher Board

The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is cartography, history of cartography and military cartography. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Employment is recorded with London School of Economics and Political Science. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Board was appointed a lecturer in geography at the London School of Economics from 1 October 1963, eventually retiring as a Senior Lecturer. He served as chair of the UK Committee for Cartography, and of the British Cartographic Society. In 1980 he was a founder of the Charles Close Society, for the study of Ordnance Survey maps, and served as its chair for sixteen years to 2012. During his chairmanship, he almost doubled the society's membership. He was co-organiser of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) conference in 1991. He edited the ICA Newsletter for several years from the mid-1990s. He chaired the ICA's History of Cartography Commission from 1999 to 2003, having earlier played a key role in its Commission of Cartographic Communication for seven years, after the death of its sitting chair. His 1993 book with Peter Barber, head of maps at the British Library, Tales from the map room: fact and fiction about maps and their makers was a tie-in with the BBC television series Tales from the Map Room. • Illustration — Mid Berkshire 1885, one of several Ordnance Survey map reprints by Alan Godfrey Maps for which Board wrote an introduction He has written text introductions for several reprints of old Ordnance Survey maps, published by Alan Godfrey Maps.

In 1983, Board was a contestant, partnered with a student, John Edmunds, on an episode of the television game show Treasure Hunt centred on the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.

* • "Maps as Models". In: Chorley R.J., and Haggett P. (eds.), Models in Geography. London: Methuen. 1967. * * * * *

Christopher Board worked in cartography, history of cartography and military cartography. He was employed by London School of Economics and Political Science. He belonged to International Cartographic Association. He worked at London.