Geographers

Elizabeth Baigent is University Reader in the History of Geography at the University of Oxford, UK. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Higher Education Academy.André Reyes Novaes is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Human Geography and Co-ordinator of the Postgraduate Programme in Geography at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 37 will be most helpful to geographers interested in the history of their own field and subfields. But beyond their use to this specialized audience, the book’s essays demonstrate the many forms a scholarly life can take and different ways of making meaningful contributions to the profession.

• List of Contributors1. Introduction: How are Distinguished Geographers Created and Identified? - Elizabeth Baigent (University of Oxford, UK) and André Reyes Novaes (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)2. Anne Buttimer (1938-2017) - Federico Ferreti and Alun Jones (both of University College Dublin, Ireland)3. Milton de Almeida Santos (1926-2001) - Pedro de Almeida Vasconcelos (Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil)4. Stanley Gregory (1926-2016) - Ron Johnston (University of Bristol, UK)5. Paul Veyret (1912-1988) and Germaine Veyret-Verner (1913-1973) - Hugh Clout (University College London, UK)6. Jean Defos du Rau (1914-1994) - Christian Germanaz (University of La Réunion, Réunion)7. June Alice Sheppard (1928-2016) - Robin Alan Butlin (University of Leeds, UK)Index