This is a part of a collection, published annually, of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographic thought. The 17th volume in the series, this study describes the geographers' education, life and work, and discusses their influence and spread of academic ideas. The scope of the book is international, both in terms of personalities and contributors, and focuses on both famous and lesser-known geographers.
Al-Kindi, 801-873, Akhtar Siddiqi; Thomas George Bonney, 1833-1923, P.H.
Armstrong; William Speirs Bruce, 1867-1921, Peter Speak; Adolphus Washington
Greeley, 1844-1935, C.I. Jackson; Wilfred George Kendrew, 1884-1962, C.
Gordon Smith; Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt, 1813-1848, William Cooper,
Glen McLaren; Peter Simon Pallas, 1741-1811, Colin Thomas; Sir Robert
Sibbald, 1641-1722, Charles W.J. Withers; Jaume Vivens Vives, 1910-1960, Anna
Fabre, Jose Luis Villanova; James Wreford Watson, 1915-1990, Guy M. Robinson.
