Glenn Thomas Trewartha
Encyclopedia
Glenn Thomas Trewartha was an American geographer
of Cornish American
descent.
He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a Ph.D. in 1924.
He taught at the University of Wisconsin.
He gave an address to the Association of American Geographers
, “A Case for Population Geography.”
He also wrote about climate, explaining that the atmosphere was like "a pane of glass" in a greenhouse… thus maintaining surface temperatures considerably higher than they otherwise would be".
Geographer
A geographer is a scholar whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society.Although geographers are historically known as people who make maps, map making is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography...
of Cornish American
Cornish American
Cornish Americans are citizens of the United States who describe themselves as having Cornish ancestry. Cornish ancestry is not recognised on the United States Census, although the Cornish people are recognised as a separate ethnic group and national identity for the United Kingdom Census...
descent.
He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a Ph.D. in 1924.
He taught at the University of Wisconsin.
He gave an address to the Association of American Geographers
Association of American Geographers
The Association of American Geographers is a non-profit scientific and educational society founded in 1904 and aimed at advancing the understanding, study, and importance of geography and related fields...
, “A Case for Population Geography.”
He also wrote about climate, explaining that the atmosphere was like "a pane of glass" in a greenhouse… thus maintaining surface temperatures considerably higher than they otherwise would be".
Works
- "The earliest map of Galena, Illinois" Wisconsin Magazine Of History. Volume: 23 /Issue: 1 (1939–1940)
- A Reconnaissance geography of Japan, University of Wisconsin, 1934
- Elements of geography physical and cultural, Glenn Thomas Trewartha, Vernor Clifford Finch, Mc Graw-Hill, 1942
- Japan, a physical, cultural and regional geography, University of Wisconsin press, 1945
- An introduction to climate, McGraw-Hill, 1954
- Japan, a geography, Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin press, 1965
- An introduction to climate McGraw-Hill, 1968
- The More developed realm: a geography of its population, Editor Glenn Thomas Trewartha, Pergamon Press, 1978, ISBN 9780080206318
- The Earth's problem climates, University of Wisconsin Press, 1981, ISBN 9780299082307
External links
- "Booknotes", American Sociological Review, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jun., 1945), pp. 452–456
- Forum: Fifty years since Trewartha: The Past, Present, and Future of Population Geography
- Hartshorne, R. and Borchert, J. (1988), Glenn T. Trewartha, 1896–1984. Annals of the Association of American Geographers , 78: 728–735. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1988.tb00245.x