Harm de blij biography of martin
PERSONAL: Surname is pronounced duh-Blay; born October 9, , in Schiedam, Netherlands; son of Hendrik and Nelly de Blij; married Katherine Powers (divorced.
Introducing Harm de Blij Born in the Netherlands, Harm de Blij went to primary and high school in Europe, received his from the University of the....
De Blij, Harm J. 1935–
(H.J. de Blij, Harm Jan de Blij)
PERSONAL: Surname is pronounced duh-Blay; born October 9, 1935, in Schiedam, Netherlands; son of Hendrik and Nelly de Blij; married Katherine Powers (divorced, 1971); married Bonnie Doughty, 1977; children: Tanya, James.
Education: University of the Witwatersrand, B.Sc., 1955; Northwestern University, M.A., 1957, Ph.D., 1959.
American (born Netherlands), b.Hobbies and other interests: Wine collecting, watching soccer and baseball, and playing the violin.
ADDRESSES: Home and office—Boca Grande, FL; Chatham, MA. Office—Department of Geography, Michigan State University, 118 Geography Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824.
—[email protected].
CAREER: Geographer, educator, and writer. University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, lecturer in geology and geography, 1959–60; Michigan State University, East Lansing, assistant professor, 1961–63, associate professor, 1964–67, professor of geography, 1967–69, associate director of African S