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Griffith Taylor : Antarctic scientist and pioneer geographer / Marie Sanderson.
LIBRA G69.T39 S26 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sanderson, Marie.
- Series:
- Carleton library ; no. 145.
- Carleton library series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taylor, Thomas Griffith, 1880-1963.
- Taylor, Thomas Griffith.
- Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.
- Scott, Robert Falcon.
- University of Toronto--Biography.
- University of Toronto.
- Geographers--Australia--Biography.
- Geographers.
- Australia.
- Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British.
- Antarctica.
- Discoveries in geography.
- British.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 218 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa, Canada : Carleton University Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- Drawing upon an extensive collection of private papers, the author brings to life the colourful story of Taylor, Canada's premier geographer. He founded Canada's first Department of Geography at the University of Toronto, and Australia's first Geography Department at Sydney University. Taylor also had the distinction of being chief geologist on Scott's historic 1910-1912 Antarctic Expedition.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages 217-218.
- ISBN:
- 0886290686
- 088629066X
- OCLC:
- 16712353
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