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Brush, John E. (1919-2007)
Brush, John E. (1919-2007)
Geograf
Persistenter Link Kalliope: http://kalliope-verbund.info/gnd/1281164054 GND-ID: http://d-nb.info/gnd/1281164054, 16.02.1923, Letzte Änderung: 16.02.2023 LCauth ; https://geography.rutgers.edu/people/in-memorium/details/563-john-e-brush
Biographische Hinweise:
John E. Brush (1919-2007) and family lived in Piscataway, NJ before he and his wife Miriam moved to the Quaker-related retirement community of Medford Leas. Born on September 2, 1919, in Jefferson, PA, he grew up in India, where his parents served as Baptist missionaries in Kharagpur, Bengal. John returned to the US after graduating from Woodstock School, in Mussoorie, in 1937. He left Bucknell University to volunteer for earthquake relief sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee in Tuxpan, Jalisco, Mexico. After completing a B.A. from the University of Chicago (1942), he served in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector (1943-46). He earned an M.A. (1947) and a Ph.D (1952) in Geography from the University of Wisconsin ... When John retired, the map collection in the Rutgers Department of Geography was named in his honor. Below are links to a sample of the maps John created