Richard Hartshorne is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Richard Hartshorne as American Geographer (1899–1992).
Richard Hartshorne was born at Kittanning in 1899. His recorded nationality is United States.
Nineteenth-century exploration turned inland - Africa, Asia and Australia - and was entangled from the start with empire, missions and the geographical societies that funded it.
He is recorded as geographer and university teacher.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Recognition followed: Victoria Medal, Charles P. Daly Medal and honorary doctor of the Clark University.
Richard Hartshorne died in 1992, aged 93. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Victoria Medal
- Charles P. Daly Medal
- honorary doctor of the Clark University
- Recorded as geographer and university teacher
