Geographers - Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 25

Informationen zum Autor Patrick H. Armstrong is Adjunct Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. Patrick H. Armstrong taught Geography and Ecology at the University of Western Australia. He has written extensively on the life and work of Charles Darwin. Brought up in the university city of Cambridge, among Armstrong's earliest recollections was seeing Darwin's granddaughter painting pictures of the River Cam. Geoffrey Martin is Distinguished Professor Emeritus (Geography)at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, and Archivist of the Association of American Geographers. Klappentext Presents a collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. This work describes the geographer's education! life and work and discusses their influence and spread of academic ideas. It includes a bibliography and a chronology. Zusammenfassung Presents a collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. This work describes the geographer's education, life and work and discusses their influence and spread of academic ideas. It includes a bibliography and a chronology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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).

Product details

• Authors: Patrick H Armstrong, Patrick H. Martin Armstrong, ARMSTRONG PATRICK H MARTIN GEOF, Geoffrey Martin, Geoffrey J. Martin
• Assisted by: Patrick H. Armstrong (Editor), Armstrong Patrick H. (Editor), Geoffrey Martin (Editor), Geoffrey J. Martin (Editor), Martin Geoffrey (Editor), Andre Reyes Novaes (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2006
• EAN: 9780826486134
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-8613-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Geographers: Biobibliographica; Geographers
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Geographical discovery & exploration, Geographical discovery and exploration, Biography: adventurers and explorers