Word: derwent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With the death of Professor Derwent Whittlesey in 1956, the once-flourishing program of geographical studies at the University ended completely. The Geographical Institute stood empty for two years until it was finally taken over by the Department of Mathematics, another symbol of the demise of geographical studies...
...College has not had a permanent professor of Geography since the death of Derwent S. Whittlesey in November, 1956. At that time Maass was made chairman of a five-member Faculty committee to study the place of geography in the University...
Funeral services for Derwent S. Whittlesey, professor of Geography, who died Sunday, will be held at 3 p.m. this afternoon in Memorial Church...
...death of world-respected Professor Derwent S. Whittlesey leaves Harvard without a faculty member to teach geography. His death may mark the end of geography at the University, for although Professor Whittlesey had announced that he would retire this June, the Administration reportedly had taken no steps to replace...
...Derwent S. Whittlesey, professor of Geography and one of the leading political geographers in the country, died yesterday after a short illness...