GEOGRAPHERS

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Andrę Reyes Novaes is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Human Geography and Coordinator of the Postgraduate Programme in Geography at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Brazil.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.Hayden Lorimer is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow UK.Charles W.J. Withers is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Edinburgh UK.Published in association with the International Geographical UnionInternational in scope both in terms of subjects and contributorsFeatures individuals whose impact on the discipline have been felt globallyHayden Lorimer is Reader in Human Geography at the University of Glasgow UK.Charles W.J. Withers is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Edinburgh UK.This volume of Geographers Biobibliographical Studies brings together essays on four Frenchmen a Czech and three Englishmen. The lives of our subjects extend from the late Enlightenment and the era of polite science in Regency Britain to the first decade of the 21st century. These geographers and their studies are linked not only in their regional expertise from Brazil French IndoChina to Scandinavia and South Africa but also by their commitment to the development of geography as a science and as a discipline. Here in different settings and at different times we can see how the lived experience of geographers lives shaped the contours of the subject.An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought.Introduction Hayden Lorimer (Reader in the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences University of Glasgow UK) and Charles W. J. Withers (Professor of Historical Geography University of Edinburgh UK) 1. Raoul Blanchard (18771965) Hugh Clout (Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography at University College London UK) 2. Emmanuel de Margerie (18621953) Hugh Clout (Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography at University College London UK) 3. Pierre Monbeig (19081987) Hugh Clout (Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography at University College London UK) 4. Charles Robequain (18971963) Hugh Clout (Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography at University College London UK) 5. Richard Lawton (19252010) Colin Pooley (Professor of Social and Historical Geography at Lancaster University UK) 6. William John Talbot (19081995) Michael E. Meadows (Head of the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science University of Cape Town South Africa) 7. Antonn Strnad (17461799) Jan Kalvoda Professor of Physical Geography (Charles University in Prague Czech Republic) and Eva Novotn (Director of the Map Collection at Charles University in Prague Czech Rep

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