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Sir Halford John Mackinder (15 February 1861 – 6 March 1947) was a British geographer, academic and politician, who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of both geopolitics [1] and geostrategy.
"The Geographical Pivot of History" is an article submitted by Halford John Mackinder in 1904 to the Royal Geographical Society that advances his heartland theory. [1] [2] [3] In this article, Mackinder extended the scope of geopolitical analysis to encompass the entire globe.
The Rimland, Halford Mackinder's "Inner or Marginal Crescent", was divided into three sections: The European coast land; The Arabian-Middle Eastern desert land; and, The Asiatic monsoon land. Rimland or inner crescent contains most of world's people as well as large share of world's resources.
The Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography established in 1971 is located at St Peter's College of the University of Oxford.The post is named after Sir Halford Mackinder, the first Reader in the Department of Geography in Oxford, and an important figure in the early years of Geography as an academic subject in the United Kingdom.
Mackinder [27] [28] by 1900 [6] 0.04 1983 [3] Barlow Named after A. R. Barlow, who ascended to the peaks three times and made a collection of photographs of the mountain. [27] Melhuish and Arthur [27] Last recorded 1926 [3] Cesar Named after Cesar Ollier, a guide on Mackinder's expedition in 1899. [27] Mackinder [27] [28] by 1900 [6] 0.03 1983 ...
Pages in category "Halford Mackinder Professors of Geography" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
In 1925 her brother succeeded Halford Mackinder as head of the department. Her London on the Thames (1924) "is thought to be the first geographical text on London". [2] In 1931 she obtained a DSc in Geography which was a rare achievement and it was based mainly on her book that year about French regional and economic geography. [3]
The first recorded ascent of Batian was on 13 September 1899 by Sir Halford John Mackinder, Cesar Ollier, and Josef Brocherel. The Normal Route is the most climbed route up Nelion, and thence across to Batian. It was first climbed by Eric Shipton and Percy Wyn-Harris on 6 January 1929.