Meredith F Burrill
Biographic Data
| ID | 1473596 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meredith F Burrill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meredith F |
| FAMILY NAME | Burrill |
| SIGNATURE | BURRILL M F |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Department of the Interior |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1929 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Wonderful World of Geographic Names: Things Learned and Things Yet To Be Learned
During thirty years as Executive Secretary of the Board on Geographic Names I had many learning experiences: team work by geographers and descriptive linguists broke new ground at this disciplinary interface; resolution of controversial Antarctic name problems demonstrated the practicability of international cooperation; systematic processing of millions of foreign and domestic names made possible many generalizations about name giving and using;…
Arch Clive Gerlach, 1911–1972
ARCH Gerlach's life was one of service given out of deep affection for people, all people, given to anyone or any organization that sought or needed his help, given without stint, counting of cost, or thought of reward. No task was too large or too small. It is no wonder that as word of his untimely death got around one heard again again and I owe so much to In truth we do, individually collectively. He had in rare degree the ability to bring peo…
The Language of Geography
Communication in geography will be more successful if the ways in which we manipulate language are better understood. Recognition and understanding of normal mental set reduce its effect as an inhibitor of recognition of other unconscious behavior. Great semantic variation in geographic terms is masked by 1) contextual carrying of meaning in communication and 2) highly individual formulation of central meaning and range of meaning concepts that a…
Water for Industry
The Rendering of Geographical Names
Toponymic Generics II
Toponymic Generics I
Oxford Economic Atlas of the World
Careers in the Social Sciences
Philip Sidney Smith, 1877–1949
Reorganization of the United States Board on Geographical Names
CG EOGRAPHICAL names, commonly taken for granted as a part of our everyday equipment for living, assume a new meaning in time of war. In this global war, unfamiliar names of places all over the world have suddenly become household words: more, they are fighting words, tools of war. Vast programs of mapping, military and naval intelligence work, economic and political investigations and reports use geographical names by the hundreds of thousands. …
Agriculture in the Chicago Region
The Economic Forces of the World
The Wilderness of Denali. Explorations of a Hunter-Naturalist in Northern Alaska
The Physiographical Evolution of Britain
Essentials of International Trade
The Language of Geography
Communication in geography will be more successful if the ways in which we manipulate language are better understood. Recognition and understanding of normal mental set reduce its effect as an inhibitor of recognition of other unconscious behavior. Great semantic variation in geographic terms is masked by 1) contextual carrying of meaning in communication and 2) highly individual formulation of central meaning and range of meaning concepts that a…
Toponymic Generics I
Toponymic Generics II
Essentials of International Trade
The Physiographical Evolution of Britain
Agriculture in the Chicago Region
The Economic Forces of the World
The Wilderness of Denali. Explorations of a Hunter-Naturalist in Northern Alaska
Reorganization of the United States Board on Geographical Names
CG EOGRAPHICAL names, commonly taken for granted as a part of our everyday equipment for living, assume a new meaning in time of war. In this global war, unfamiliar names of places all over the world have suddenly become household words: more, they are fighting words, tools of war. Vast programs of mapping, military and naval intelligence work, economic and political investigations and reports use geographical names by the hundreds of thousands. …
Philip Sidney Smith, 1877–1949
Careers in the Social Sciences
Oxford Economic Atlas of the World
Toponymic Generics II
Toponymic Generics I
The Rendering of Geographical Names
Water for Industry
The Language of Geography
Communication in geography will be more successful if the ways in which we manipulate language are better understood. Recognition and understanding of normal mental set reduce its effect as an inhibitor of recognition of other unconscious behavior. Great semantic variation in geographic terms is masked by 1) contextual carrying of meaning in communication and 2) highly individual formulation of central meaning and range of meaning concepts that a…
Arch Clive Gerlach, 1911–1972
ARCH Gerlach's life was one of service given out of deep affection for people, all people, given to anyone or any organization that sought or needed his help, given without stint, counting of cost, or thought of reward. No task was too large or too small. It is no wonder that as word of his untimely death got around one heard again again and I owe so much to In truth we do, individually collectively. He had in rare degree the ability to bring peo…
The Wonderful World of Geographic Names: Things Learned and Things Yet To Be Learned
During thirty years as Executive Secretary of the Board on Geographic Names I had many learning experiences: team work by geographers and descriptive linguists broke new ground at this disciplinary interface; resolution of controversial Antarctic name problems demonstrated the practicability of international cooperation; systematic processing of millions of foreign and domestic names made possible many generalizations about name giving and using;…
Geography (9 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Geographic Information Systems Studies (5 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic geography (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works)