Geographers

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Geographers is written by Patrick H. Armstrong and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1474226949 (ISBN 10) and 9781474226943 (ISBN 13).

Published under the auspices of the International Geographical Union, this is the 24th volume in 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, and 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.