Geographers : Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 28.
Title:
Geographers : Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 28.
Author:
J. Withers, Charles W.
ISBN:
9781441157263
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (190 pages)
Series:
Geographers
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- The Contributors -- Introduction -- Peter Heylyn (1599-1662) -- Life and Times -- Microcosmus: Methodizing and Policizing Geographical Description -- Cosmographie: Geography, History and Polemic in the Interregnum -- Bibligraphy and Sources -- Chronology -- Gudmund Hatt (1884-1960) -- Education, Life and Work -- Scientific Ideas and Geographical Thought -- Influence and Spread of Ideas -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography and Sources -- Chronology -- Tibor Mendöl (1905-1966) -- Education, Life and Work -- Scientific Ideas and Geographic Thought -- Influence and Spread of Ideas -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography and Sources -- Chronology -- Koji Iizuka (1906-1970) -- Education, Life and Work -- Scientific Ideas and Geographic Thought -- Influence and Spread of Ideas -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography and Sources -- Chronology -- Richard John Chorley (1927-2002) -- Education, Life and Work -- Scientific Ideas and Geographic Thought -- Factors in Chorley's Influence -- Bibliography and Sources -- Chronology -- J. W. Karl Oestreich (1873-1947) -- Education, Life and Work -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography and Sources -- Chronology -- Charles Patrick Daly (1816-1899) -- Education, Life and Career -- Geographical Work and Thought -- Day's Influence: In the Text and On the Ground -- Bibliography and Sources -- Chronology -- Marion Isabel Newbigin (1869-1968) -- Education, Life and Work -- Scientific Ideas and Geographic Thought -- Influence and Spread of Ideas -- Bibliography and Sources -- Chronology -- Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier (1917-1995) -- Education, Life and Work -- Scientific Ideas and Geographic Thought -- Influence and Spread of Ideas -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography and Sources -- Chronology -- Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827) -- Introduction.
Education, Life and Work -- The Borno Mission, 1822-25 -- Clapperton's Second Expedition, 1825-27 -- Clapperton's Achievements -- The Influence and Spread of Clapperton's Ideas -- Bibliography and Sources -- Chronology -- Index.
Abstract:
The Geographers Bio-bibliographical Series Volume 28 includes essays on Dick Chorley, the influential geomorphologist, Charles P. Daly, long-serving president of the American Geographical Society, Marion Newbigin, one of the leading women geographers of the early twentieth century and Peter Heyleyn, early modern humanist, historian and geographical author.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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