Author:William Morris Davis

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William Morris Davis
(1850–1934)

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American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist, often called the "father of American geography"; Sturgis-Hooper Professor of Geology, Emeritus, in Harvard University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Exchange Professor to the University of Berlin and to the Sorbonne

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "W. M. D."

Works

"America," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (Physical Geography)
"North America," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"United States, The," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (Physical Geography and Climate)
“Kelvin on ‘Light’ and ‘The Tides.’” in The Harvard Classics, Volume 51 (1914)

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

"On the Formation of Nebulae" in Popular Science Monthly, 13 (July 1878)
"Bishop’s Ring Around the Sun" in Popular Science Monthly, 28 (February 1886)
"The Lost Volcanoes of Connecticut" in Popular Science Monthly, 40 (December 1891)
"Sketch of William Ferrel" in Popular Science Monthly, 40 (March 1892)
"The Ancient Outlet of Lake Michigan" in Popular Science Monthly, 46 (December 1894)
"The Physical Geography of the Lands" in Popular Science Monthly, 57 (June 1900)
"The Disciplinary Value of Geography I" in Popular Science Monthly, 78 (February 1911)
"The Disciplinary Value of Geography II" in Popular Science Monthly, 78 (March 1911)

Articles in National Geographic Magazine

"The Rivers and Valleys of Pennsylvania" in National Geographic Magazine, 1 (3) (1889), pp. 183–253

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

This author died in 1934, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 89 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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