Yi-Fu Tuan
Birthday December 5, 1930
Birth Sign Sagittarius
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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.
