GEOG 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sidney William Wooldridge, William Rothenstein, Geographical Association
6 Jan 2020
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The development of academic geography in the united kingdom. Two early influential geographers in the united kingdom were both associated with the school of geography at the university of oxford. Halford john (later sir halford) mackinder, appointed in 1887, was trained in the natural sciences and history and felt the need to prove his geographical credentials by climbing mount kenya in 1899. He is best known for his contributions to political geography; his concept of the "heartland"-the centre of the eurasian landmass-as the pivotal area in world geopolitics influenced much western political strategy for more than half a century. His 1887 paper to the royal geographical society defined geography as the scientific study of the interrelationship between society and the environment. In addition, he convened the meeting in 1893 that founded the geographical. Association, which aimed to be a society for teachers of geography at all levels and became a successful lobby for the discipline.
