Isaiah Bowman
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Isaiah Bowman, was an American geographer and President of the Johns Hopkins University, 1935–1948. He was controversial for his antisemitism and inaction in Jewish resettlement during World War II.
Inter-American Education Conference, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Dr. Isiah Bowman, and Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles.
William Morris Davis
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William Morris Davis was an American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist, often called the "father of American geography".
Isaiah Bowman
…University), Bowman came to the attention of Mark Jefferson, a geographer who had studied at Harvard under the most prominent geographer of the day, William Morris Davis. Jefferson recommended Bowman to Davis, smoothing the way for Bowman's study. After one year, by prearrangement with Jefferson, Bowman returned to…
William Morris Davis