William Warntz Explained

William Warntz (1922–1988) was an American mathematical geographer based at the Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis. He was a "pioneer in mathematical approaches to spatial analysis".^[1]

Life

Warntz studied economics at the University of Pennsylvania, gaining a PhD there. His papers are held at Cornell University Library.^[2]

Works

• Toward a geography of price; a study in geo-econometrics, 1959
• Geography now and then: some notes on the history of academic geography in the United States, 1964
• Geographers and what they do, 1964
• Macrogeography and income fronts, 1965
• Breakthroughs in geography, 1971

External links

• Donald G. Janelle, William Warntz and the Legacy of Spatial Thinking at Harvard University, 2012.

Notes and References

1. Donald G. Janelle, 'In Memoriam: William Warnts, 1922–1988', Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 87, Issue 4 (1997), pp.723–731
2. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM04392.html Guide to the William Warntz Papers (ca. 1955–1985)