J. RUSSELL SMITH
Name: Joseph Russell Smith
Born: 1874 Lincoln, Virginia, USA.
Died: 1966
Geographer, born near Lincoln, Virginia, USA. After earning his PhD in economics
at the University of Pennsylvania, he stayed there to teach at the Wharton
School (1903-1919). He then became chairman of the division of economic geography
at Columbia University's Business School (1919-1944). A pioneer in the field of
economic geography, he was a prolific writer whose works include Industrial and
Commercial Geography (1913), The World's Food Resources (1919), North America (1925),
and Tree Crops (1929).
Name: Joseph Russell Smith
Born: 1874 Lincoln, Virginia, USA.
Died: 1966
Geographer, born near Lincoln, Virginia, USA. After earning his PhD in economics
at the University of Pennsylvania, he stayed there to teach at the Wharton
School (1903-1919). He then became chairman of the division of economic geography
at Columbia University's Business School (1919-1944). A pioneer in the field of
economic geography, he was a prolific writer whose works include Industrial and
Commercial Geography (1913), The World's Food Resources (1919), North America (1925),
and Tree Crops (1929).