William Morris Davis was an American geologist, geomorphologist and meteorologist, born in 1850 in Philadelphia and died in 1934 in Pasadena, California. He studied geology and geography at Harvard's Lawrence Scientific School and later taught there, developing the cycle of erosion, a model describing how landscapes evolve through youth, maturity and old age stages toward a low relief surface called a peneplain, work that shaped the founding vocabulary of landform study.
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BirthplacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 1 Defining ContributionCycle of erosion (the geographical cycle) and the concept of peneplains 1 Connections
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William Morris Davis (February 12, 1850 - February 5, 1934) was an American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist, often called the "father of American geography".
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William Morris Davis (February 12, 1850
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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cycle of erosion; peneplains; often called the "father of American geography"
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died 1934-02-05
P570 (date of death) [year]
died 1934
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died in Pasadena
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also known as William M. Davis
Wikidata item aliases (en) [2]
also known as William Davis
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citizen of United States
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born in Philadelphia
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