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* ''The Andes of Southern Peru'' (1916) |
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* ''The New World-Problems in Political Geography'' (1921) |
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In [[1916]] he became associate editor of the ''Geographical Review''. He was associate editor of the ''Journal of Geography'' in [[1918]]-[[1919|19]] and editor in [[1919]]-[[1920|20]]. Bowman served as President of [[Johns Hopkins University]] in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] from [[1935]] to [[1948]]. |
In [[1916]] he became associate editor of the ''Geographical Review''. He was associate editor of the ''Journal of Geography'' in [[1918]]-[[1919|19]] and editor in [[1919]]-[[1920|20]]. Bowman served as President of [[Johns Hopkins University]] in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] from [[1935]] to [[1948]].njkjn,mnmê |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
Revision as of 23:34, 24 January 2007
Isaiah Bowman, AB, Ph. D. (26 December 1878, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada – 6 January 1950, Baltimore, United States) was an American geographer. He was educated at Harvard and Yale where he taught from 1905 to 1915, after which time he became the director of the American Geographical Society, a position he held for 20 years. Some of his more notable works include;
- Forest Physiography (1911)
- Well-Drilling Methods (1911)
- South America (1915)
- The Andes of Southern Peru (1916)
- The New World-Problems in Political Geography (1921)
In 1916 he became associate editor of the Geographical Review. He was associate editor of the Journal of Geography in 1918-19 and editor in 1919-20. Bowman served as President of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1935 to 1948.njkjn,mnmê
Further reading
- Smith, Neil (2003). American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23027-2.