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  Bowman, Isaiah. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Bowman was a member of the executive committee of the National Research Council from 1919 to 1929 and was its chairman from 1933 to 1935.
His work on many commissions and boards includes contributions as an active officer of the Explorers Club, the Association of American Geographers, and the Council of Foreign Relations and as president (1931–34) of the International Geographical Union, and as vice president (1940–45) of the National Academy of Sciences.
Bowman’s books include Forest Physiography (1911); The Andes of Southern Peru (1916); Desert Trails of the Atacama (1924); The New World (1922); The Pioneer Fringe (1931); and Design for Scholarship (1936).
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 Biography of Isaiah Bowman | Life of Isaiah Bowman
He was also director of the American Geographical Society and president of Johns Hopkins University.Of farming stock, Isaiah Bowman was born at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, on Dec. 26, 1878.
Bowman died in Baltimore on Jan. 6, 1950.During his life he broadened the scope of geography, encouraged graduate schools, and made the American Geographical Society a world institution.
Bowman belonged not only to the United States but to the international community working for peace.
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 American.info :: View topic - Isaiah Bowman the most famous American geographer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The story unfolds through a decisive account of the career of Isaiah Bowman (1878-1950), the most famous American geographer of the twentieth century.
For nearly four decades Bowman operated around the vortex of state power, working to bring an American order to the global landscape.
Bowman's career as a geographer in an era when the value of geography was deeply questioned provides a unique window into the contradictory uses of geographical knowledge in the construction of the American Empire.
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 Harry S. Truman: Letter to Dr. Isaiah Bowman on Federal Assistance for Scientific Research. - December 20th, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Harry S. Truman: Letter to Dr. Isaiah Bowman on Federal Assistance for Scientific Research.
Letter to Dr. Isaiah Bowman on Federal Assistance for Scientific Research.
Receipt is acknowledged of your letter dated November 24, 1945, on behalf of the newly organized Committee supporting the Bush report, regarding the science legislation now pending before the Congress.
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 Forest Physiography - Isaiah Bowman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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 geographer - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library
Bowman, Isaiah--1878-1950, Geographers--United States--Biography, Geography--United States--History--20th Century, Globalization--History--20th Century
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