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William Garrison

American geographer & academic
Person Human Q15504629

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[24]
Date of birth
April 20, 1924, 1924[10]
Date of death
February 1, 2015, 2015[11]
Place of birth
Nashville
Place of death
Lafayette
Country of citizenship
United States[12]
Occupation
civil engineer, engineer, geographer, analyst, university teacher, transportation engineer[13]
Employer
University of California, Berkeley, University of Washington[18][19]
Field of work
geography, transportation engineering, planning, regional research[14][15][16][17]
Educated at
University of Washington, Northwestern University[20][21]
Award received
Edward L. Ullman Award[22]
Doctoral student
Brian Berry[25]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[29]
Family name
Garrison[26]
Given name
William, Louis[27][28]
Member of
Regional Science Association International[23]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries[30]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Garrison en William Louis Garrison en William L. Garrison ar وليم غاريسون cs William Louis Garrison cs William L. Garrison de William Louis Garrison de William L. Garrison es William L. Garrison es William Louis Garrison fr William L. Garrison fr William Louis Garrison ja ウィリアム・ギャリソン nl William Louis Garrison zh 威廉·加里森 zh-hant 威廉·加里森 (地理學家)
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ISNI
0000000109099770
VIAF cluster ID
65252278
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50065854
GND ID
171160568
BIBSYS ID
2047839
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
165383216
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
171160568
Freebase ID
/m/06t__d
IdRef ID
072321342
J9U entity ID
987007332619805171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
171160568
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
221201
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NL CR AUT ID
mub20211117218
NUKAT ID
n2006147494
National Library of Latvia ID
000101077
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071967710
Prabook ID
463448
Treccani ID
william-louis-garrison
WikiTree person ID
Garrison-6363
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdGFvDhKhJGbMv8DJBXVC
Yale LUX ID
person/359b9aa8-ee28-479f-aac1-58f025ff8f13

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
engineer, geographer, civil engineer, university teacher, analyst
Field of work 3
geography, planning, transportation engineering
Educated at 2
University of Washington, Northwestern University
Employer 2
University of California, Berkeley, University of Washington
Given name 2
William, Louis
Award received 1
Edward L. Ullman Award
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral student 1
Brian Berry
Doctoral students 1
Brian Berry
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Regional Science Association International
Place of birth 1
Tennessee
Place of death 1
Lafayette
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

William Garrison was born on April 20, 1924[1], in Nashville[2]. He died on February 1, 2015[3], in Lafayette[4]. He worked as a civil engineer[5], engineer[6], geographer[7], analyst[8], and university teacher[9].

Why It Matters

William Garrison's notable doctoral advisees include Brian Berry[31], a geographer[32], 1934–2025[33], of United Kingdom[34], awarded the Vautrin Lud Prize[35], specialised in geography[36].

FAQs

Where was William Garrison born?

William Garrison was born in Nashville[2].

Where did William Garrison die?

William Garrison passed away in Lafayette[4].

What did William Garrison do for work?

William Garrison worked as a civil engineer[5], engineer[6], geographer[7], analyst[8], and university teacher[9].

Where did William Garrison go to school?

William Garrison was educated at University of Washington[20] and Northwestern University[21].

What awards did William Garrison receive?

Honors received include Edward L. Ullman Award[22].

Related Entities

geography Northwestern University Tennessee transportation engineering United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . regionalscience.org. regionalscience.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . aag.org. aag.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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