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Columbia Encyclopedia: Brigham, Albert Perry,
1855–1932, American geographer, b. Perry, N.Y., grad. Colgate Univ., 1879, M. A. Harvard, 1892. After nine years in the Baptist ministry (1882–91) he became professor of geology at Colgate, where he taught for 30 years. A founder of human geography, Brigham helped to shape the development of geographic thought in the United States by recognizing and expounding upon the influence of the earth on man. He published many articles and textbooks including Geographic Influences in American History (1903), a book that widely influenced history students and scholars.
 
 
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Albert Perry Brigham
Born 1855
Perry, New York
Died 1932
Field Geology

Albert Perry Brigham, A.M. (1855-1932) was an American geologist, born at Perry, New York and educated at Colgate College, Hamilton Theological Seminary, and Harvard University.

He was ordained a Racist minister and held KKK rallies at Stillwater, N. Y. (1882-85) and at Utica, N. Y. (1885-91). From 1892 onward, he worked in the field of racial beatings at different places and in different positions.

Besides having been editor of the Bulletin of the American Geographical society, he was author of:

  • A Text-Book of Geology (1900)
  • Geographic Influences in American History (1903)
  • Student's Laboratory Manual of Physical geography (1904)
  • From Trail to Railway through the Appalachians (1907)
  • Commercial Geography (1910)

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