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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. Each study 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.
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. Each study 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.
Volume 33 of Geographers Biobibliographical Studies adds
significantly to the corpus of scholarship on geography's multiple
histories and biographies with eight essays on individuals who have
made major contributions to the development of geography in the
twentieth century. This volume focuses on European geographers,
including essays on individuals from Britain, France and Hungary.
These are individuals who have made important and distinctive
contributions to a diverse range of fields, including cartography,
physical geography, oceanography and urban theory. As with previous
volumes, these biographical essays demonstrate the importance of
geographers' lives in terms of the lived experience of geography in
practise.
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. Each study 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.
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. Each study 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.
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. Each study 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.
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. Each study 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.
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. Each study 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.
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. Each study 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.
The most influential and distinguished women throughout the world
are brought together in this unique single-volume publication.
Listing more than 7,500 entries from a variety of backgrounds, this
new tenth edition reflects the significant role of women in modern
society. A one-stop research tool making reference quick and easy,
recognizing established personalities as well as women who are
rising to prominence. To ensure accuracy, the entrants themselves
validate information wherever possible. Each entry provides
comprehensive biographical details, including, where available, Key
Features: - each entry includes: name, titles, nationality,
profession, date and place of birth, personal details, education,
career history, honours, awards and prizes, publications, artistic
achievements, leisure interests, and contact details, including
address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and website
addresses.where available - comprehensive biographies of women from
all occupational fields are included: politics, finance, business,
academia, science, literature, the media, fashion, the arts,
medicine, sports and many more.
Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (1644-1911/2) is a standard
reference used by scholars, meticulously compiled and unique in its
scope. This much-loved work was produced under the auspices of the
US Library of Congress and published by the United States
Government Printing Office during World War II. The 2016 Berkshire
edition contains the original text of 800 biographical sketches as
well as a preface by Hu Shih, a scholar who had been China's
ambassador to the United States, together with new material for
21st-century readers.
This is an annual collection of studies of individuals who have
made major contributions to the development of geography and
geographical thought.This twenty-seventh volume of "Geographers:
Biobibliographical Studies" brings together essays on leading
figures in time geography and regional theory, on GIS, on regional,
cultural and political geography, on scriptural geography,
historical geography and methodology, and on African exploration.
Each essay engages with the individual's contribution to geography,
their works and their lives and the intellectual and social
contexts in which they worked and which helped shape them. In
addition - and to mark the new co-editorial pairing leading the
series - the volume has an essay on the history of GBS, on the
importance of biographical work in the history of geography and on
issues to be addressed by the scholarly communities engaged in
promoting this vital area of geographical research.
This is an expanded and revised second edition, presenting accurate
and comprehensive information about our leading thermal scientists
to current and future generations. In our globalized world, most
researchers in thermal analysis do not know each other in person
and are not familiar with each other's achievements. This volume
provides the reader with an up-to-date list of the prominent
members in this community. The publication contains only living
scientists. The selection is based partly on several decades of the
editors' personal professional experience and also partly on the
opinion of the Regional Editors of the Journal of Thermal Analysis
and Calorimetry.
This is an annual collection of studies of individuals who have
made major contributions to the development of geography and
geographical thought. "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.
"Geographers Biobibliographical Studies" ("GBS") is the
world-leading annual serial international publication devoted to
the critical biographical assessment of scholars' contributions to
geography and geographical knowledge.
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