Geographers Volume 25: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 25

by Patrick H. Armstrong (Editor), Geoffrey Martin (Editor), André Reyes Novaes (Editor), Elizabeth Baigent (Editor)

Overview

An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known: explorers, independent thinkers and scholars. Each paper describes the geographer's education, life and work and discusses their influence and spread of academic ideas, and includes a select bibliography and brief chronology. The work includes a general index and a cumulative index of geographers listed in volumes published to date.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826486134
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/03/2006
Series:	Geographers , #25
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

André Reyes Novaes is an Associate Professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil. He is currently an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Geography at the Royal Holloway University of London and a member of the commission on the history of geography at the International Geographical Union.

Elizabeth Baigent is University Reader in the History of Geography at the University of Oxford, UK. She is Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Higher Education Academy.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Jean Brunhes (1869 - 1930) 2. E. Estyn Evans (1905 - 1989) 3. Joseph G. Gentilli (1912 - 2000) 4. Jean Gottman (1915 - 1994) 5. Pierre Gouron (1900 - 1999) 6. Robert B. Hall (1896 - 1975) 7. F. Kenneth Hare (1919 - 2002) 8. Robert B. McNee (1922 - 1992) 9. Ronald Peel (1912 - 1985) 10. Derwent S. Whittlesey (1890 -1956)