Yi-Fu Tuan

Teacher

Birthday December 5, 1930

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Tianjin, China

DEATH DATE Aug 10, 2022 (91)

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About

Chinese-born American geographer and professor who was highly influential in the field of human geography and one of the main originators of humanistic geography. He taught at the University of New Mexico, the University of Toronto, the University of Minnesota, and at the University of Wisconsin. He died on August 10th, 2022 at the age of 91.

Before Fame

He attended the University College London but finished his undergraduate studies at the University of Oxford.

Trivia

Humanistic geography includes elements of anthropology and sociology and uses them to contextualize geography.

Family Life

He remained single throughout his life and revealed in his autobiography that he was homosexual.

Associated With

Other notable academics associated with the University of Oxford include Albert Einstein and Lewis Carroll.