Publisher's Synopsis
Published annually, these volumes contain studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geographical thought and of geography as a scientific subject and academic discipline. Published under the auspices of the Working Group on the History of Geographical Thought of the International Geographical Union, it includes famous names as well as lesser-known figures whose significance in the development of geographical thought has been neglected. It is international both in terms of the subjects of the studies and the contributors. Each study describes the education, life and work of its subject, scientific ideas and geographical thought, and the influence and spread of those ideas. In addition, each study has a bibliography, list of sources, summary chronology of the life of the subject, and portrait.
