Author:William Morris Davis

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William Morris Davis (1850–1934)

sister projects: Wikipedia article. American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist, often called the "father of American geography"; Sturgis-Hooper Professor of Geology, Emeritus, in Harvard University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Exchange Professor to the University of Berlin and to the Sorbonne. This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles written by this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. M. D."

William Morris Davis

Works

• “America” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (Physical Geography)
• “North America” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “United States” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (Physical Geography and Climate)
• “Kelvin on ‘Light’ and ‘The Tides.’” in The Harvard Classics, Volume 51 (1914)

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• “On the Formation of Nebulae,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 13, July 1878
• “Bishop’s Ring Around the Sun,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 28, February 1886
• “The Lost Volcanoes of Connecticut,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 40, December 1891
• “Sketch of William Ferrel,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 40, March 1892
• “The Ancient Outlet of Lake Michigan,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 46, December 1894

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1934, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.