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| 1. | Hakluyt was Oxford University's first professor of modern geography, as well as being an influential promoter of overseas exploration. Although a member of the clergy, his first love was always exploration, and it was in this, rather than religious texts, that he concentrated his study. Click here to read about Richard Hakluyt |