William Morris Davis
| William Morris Davis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Lahir | 12 Februari 1850 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Meninggal | 5 Februari 1934 (umur 83) Pasadena, California |
| Kebangsaan | Amerika Serikat |
| Dikenal atas | siklus erosi; peneplain; sering disebut "bapak geografi Amerika" |
| Penghargaan | Hayden Memorial Geological Award (1917) Vega Medal (1920) Penrose Medal (1931) |
| Karier ilmiah | |
| Bidang | Geografi, Geomorfologi, Geologi, Meteorologi[1] |
| Menginspirasi | Charles Cotton[2] Jovan Cvijić[3] Douglas Wilson Johnson[4] Walther Penck[5] Hans Reusch[6] Walter Wråk[7] |
William Morris Davis (12 Februari 1850 – 5 Februari 1934) adalah seorang geografer, geolog, geomorfologis dan meteorologis Amerika Serikat. Ia sering kali disebut "bapak geografi Amerika".
Ia lahir dalam keluarga Quaker berpengaruh di Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, putra dari pasangan Edward M. Davis dan Maria Mott Davis (putri dari advokat wanita Lucretia Mott).
Referensi
- ^ Pruyne, John; Jon T. Kilpinen (1996-11-02). "William Morris Davis". Valparaiso University Department of Geography and Meteorology. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2010-08-28. Diakses tanggal 2010-08-18.
Davis' contributions cover the separate fields of geography, geology, and meteorology.
- ^ Chorley, Richard J.; Beckinsale, Robert P.; Dunn, Antony J. (2005) [1973]. "Chapter Twenty-Two". The History of the Study of Landforms. Vol. Volume Two. Taylor & Francis e-Library. hlm. 569.
- ^ Ford, Derek (2007). "Jovan Cvijić and the founding of karst geomorphology". Environmental Geology. 51 (5): 675–684. doi:10.1007/s00254-006-0379-x. S2CID 129378021.
- ^ Walter H. Bunch (1946). "Biographical Memoir of Douglas Wilson Johnson 1878–1944" (PDF). National Academy Of Sciences. Diakses tanggal 2017-09-20.
- ^ Chorley et al. 2005, p. 614
- ^ Gjessing, Just (1967). "Norway's Paleic Surface". Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift. 21 (2): 69–132. doi:10.1080/00291956708621854.
- ^ Lidmar-Bergströrm, Karna (1996). "Long term morphotectonic evolution in Sweden". Geomorphology. 16 (1). Elsevier: 33–59. Bibcode:1996Geomo..16...33L. doi:10.1016/0169-555X(95)00083-H.
Pranala luar
Wikisumber memiliki karya asli dari atau mengenai:
- Stages in the fluvial cycle of erosion (illus.) Diarsipkan 2015-07-03 di Wayback Machine.
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
- Karya oleh/tentang William Morris Davis di Internet Archive (pencarian dioptimalkan untuk situs non-Beta)
- Karya William Morris Davis di LibriVox (buku suara domain umum)
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