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Yi-Fu Tuan

Chinese-American geographer (1930-2022) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 91

Yi-Fu Tuan was a Chinese-born American geographer and writer. He was one of the key figures in human geography and an important originator of humanistic geography.

Yi-Fu Tuan is read about 82 times a day, in 24 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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Awards

Vautrin Lud Prize2012
Cullum Geographical Medal1987
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2022 · aged 91

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