Description: (American Geographer Who Specialized in Political and Economic Geography)
Richard Hartshorne was a respected American geographer and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He focused on economic and political geography, as well as the philosophy of geography, and made notable contributions to the field. His influential methodological work, "The Nature of Geography," was published in 1939, establishing him as a prominent figure in the discipline. Hartshorne's research and teachings have had a lasting impact on subsequent generations of geographers, influencing the study and comprehension of geography today.