Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies

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.

Patrick H. Armstrong is Adjunct Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia.


Patrick H. Armstrong taught Geography and Ecology at the University of Western Australia. He has written extensively on the life and work of Charles Darwin. Brought up in the university city of Cambridge, among Armstrong's earliest recollections was seeing Darwin's granddaughter painting pictures of the River Cam.

André Reyes Novaes is an Associate Professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil. He is currently an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Geography at the Royal Holloway University of London and a member of the commission on the history of geography at the International Geographical Union.

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.