Martin, Geoffrey John

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MARTIN, Geoffrey John

MARTIN, Geoffrey John. British, b. 1934. Genres: Geography, Intellectual history. Career: Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, assistant professor, 1959-65; Wisconsin State University, Platteville, associate professor, 1965-66; Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, professor of geography, 1966-; Connecticut State University, distinguished professor, 1991-97, emeritus, 1997-; independent scholar, 1997-. Natl. Science Foundation Scholar, 1984-85, 1989-91; Association of American Geographers, archivist, 1986-. Publications: Mark Jefferson: Geographer, 1968; Ellsworth Huntington: His Life and Thought, 1973; The Life and Thought of Isaiah Bowman, 1980; (with P.E. James) The Association of American Geographers: The First Seventy-Five Years, 1979; All Possible Worlds, 1981, rev. ed., 1993. Author of articles mainly in the history of geographical thought. Address: 33 Fairgrounds Rd, Woodbridge, CT 06525, U.S.A.

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