Griffith Taylor

Antarctic Scientist and Pioneer Geographer

By Marie Sanderson
Categories: History
Series: Carleton Library Series
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Ebook (PDF) : 9780773573505, March 1988
Paperback : 9780886290665, March 1988

Description

Drawing upon an extensive collection of private papers, the author brings to life the colourful story of Taylor, Canada's premier geographer. He founded Canada's first Department of Geography at the University of Toronto, and Australia's first Geography Department at Sydney University. Taylor also had the distinction of being chief geologist on Scott's historic 1910-1912 Antarctic Expedition.