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Derwent Whittlesey
Born
Derwent Stainthorpe Whittlesey

(1890-11-11)November 11, 1890
Pecatonica, Illinois, U.S.
DiedNovember 26, 1956(1956-11-26) (aged 66)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupations
  • geographer
  • professor
Known for
  • World Agricultural Regions Map (1936)
  • The Earth and The State: A Study Of Political Geography (1939)
    • Academic background
    EducationUniversity of Chicago (AB, AM, PhD)
    ThesisHistory of the Springfield Armory
    Doctoral advisorEllen Churchill Semple
    Academic work
    DisciplineGeographer
    Sub-disciplineEconomic geography, Political geography, Chorography
    InstitutionsDenison University
    University of Chicago
    Harvard University
    Doctoral studentsEdward Augustus Ackerman

    Derwent Stainthorpe Whittlesey (November 11, 1890 - November 26, 1956) was an American Professor, Geographer, and government consultant. Whittlesey taught classes at Denison University, University of Chicago, and Harvard University.[1] Whittlesey is known for his contributions to political geography.

    Early life and Education

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    Whittlesey was born in Pecatonica, Illinois to parents J.H. Whittlesey and Sophia Derwent.[2] Whittlesey attended the University of Chicago (UChicago), and received, both, a Bachelor's degree in 1913, Master's degrees in History and Geography, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1920. Whittlesey's doctoral dissertation is titled "History of Springfield Armory".[3][4][5] Whittelsey was a member of two fraternities: Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Xi.[1] Whittlesey served in the United States Army as a Lieutenant and was stationed at the Springfield Armory by March 1919, the same place that he wrote his doctoral dissertation on.[6][7]

    Career

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    1920s

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    After receiving his PhD, Whittlesey stayed at and became a professor at the University of Chicago's Geography Department. Whittlesey was among many notable educators invited to speak at the University of California, Southern Branch in June or July 1922 to assist and lecture the UC Southern Branch's summer school program.[8][9][10]

    In 1925, Whittlesey along with, fellow UChicago's department colleague, Wellington D. Jones published, their first textbook, and edition, called "An Introduction to Economic Geography" which covers "a world-wide survey of a single environmental element or an intimately related group of elements."[11]

    In 1928, Whittlesey became an assistant professor of geography at Harvard University: a position he held until his death.[12] While at Harvard, Whittlesey studied the chorography of a coastal locality in Northern New England between 1926 and 1928 partially from a $58,000 grant awarded from the Milton Academy Fund.[13]

    1930s

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    In March 1931, Whittlesey made an afternoon appearance on WBZ (AM) to talk about the "land economic survey of Massachusetts".[14] Two months later, Whittlesey was promoted from assistant professor to professor.[15][16] In December 1931, Whittlesey was among the four geographers to be selected as an officer to the American Association of Geographers (AAG). Whittlesey was responsible for selecting the city to host AAG's Annual Meeting (which later became Washington D.C.).[17]

    In 1932, Whittlesey went to and presented at AAG's Annual Meeting to talk about his upcoming, 9-page long article, in the Journal of Modern History, called "Andorra's Autonomy" (published in 1934), and toured the Library of Congress for its map files and the following federal government departments that "engaged in mapmaking and geographical studies": Department of State Department of Commerce, Department of Agriculture and Department of the Interior.[18]

    In February 1933, Whittlesey presented an article for American Geographical Society (AGS)'s New England's Prospect journal called "Coast Land and Interior Mountain Valley: A Geographical Study of Two Typical Localities in Northern New England" where it "analyzes and compares two representative localities, exemplifying a modern method of detailed geographical research."[19] Five months later, Whittlesey also spoke in front of industry and business leaders about the importance of "study[ing] geographical conditions carefully", why some settlements have grow into cities and some remain small towns, and air transportation being an "important factor in future commercial development".[20]

    Whittlesey's Agricultural Regions Map (1936)

    From August 1935-February 1936, Whittlesey took a sabbatical leave to study in Mexico, along with Kirk Bryan (geologist), and spent four months in South America for to conduct a study that would be referenced in his future lectures and two months in along the West Coast of Africa to study its residents' "well-versed" knowledge on and interests in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.[21][22][23]

    In May 1937, Whittlesey participated, along with geographers Richard Hartshorne, Preston E. James, and Robert S. Platt in a round table session at the Norman Wait Harris Institute at UChicago to talk about the "geographic aspects of international relations".[24] Seven months later, Whittlesey went and presented at the AAG Annual Meeting about the ongoing tensions in the Mediterranean Sea between Fascist Italy and the three individual states: The Second Spanish Republic, the Crown Colony of Malta, and the French protectorate of Tunisia.[25]

    The Earth And The State: A Study of Political Geography (1939)

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    In November 1939, Whittlesey published a textbook called "The Earth and The State: A Study of Political Geography"[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]

    Personal life

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    Whittlesey has two siblings.[1]

    During Whittlesey's time in graduate school, he participated for the university's Drama Club[40][41] and Glee Club.[42][43]

    Whittlesey was among the five people to petition the United States Attorney to plead for Frank Lloyd Wright's leniency after he and his third wife were facing federal criminal charges for violating the Mann Act and state criminal charges for Adultery.[44][45]

    Bibliography

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    • Wellington Downing Jones, Derwent Stainthorpe Whittlesey (October 1925), An Introduction to Economic Geography (Volume I: Natural Environment As Related To Economic Life), vol. I, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Wikidata Q60133333
    • Derwent Whittlesey (June 1934). "Andorra's Autonomy". The Journal of Modern History. 6 (2). University of Chicago Press: 147–155. doi:10.1086/236113. ISSN 0022-2801. Wikidata Q56030848.
    • Derwent Whittlesey (1933). "Coast Land And Interior Mountain Valley: A Geographical Study Of Two Typical Localities In Northern New England". American Geographical Society. American Geographical Society: 446–458. Wikidata Q135088340.
    • Derwent Whittlesey (November 1939), The Earth and The State: A Study of Political Geography, New York City: Henry Holt and Company, Wikidata Q60162895
    • https://doi.org/10.1093/isagsq/ksab006
    • https://sk.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/geography/chpt/whittlesey-derwent-1890-1956

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