Dan Stanislawski
Dan Stanislawski (Bellingham, Washington, April 20, 1903 – Berkeley, California, July 12, 1997) was a historical geographer from the United States. He is best known for his research on the political geography of Portugal and village structures in Mesoamerica after the arrival of the Spaniards. He has received several academic awards and fellowships.
Born in Washington, Stanislawski came to California at a young age. In 1934, he began studying geography at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D. in 1944. After brief positions at Syracuse University and the University of Washington, he was a professor at the University of Texas from 1949 to 1963. He then chaired the Department of Geography at the University of Arizona until his retirement in 1973. He also taught (in Portuguese) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He was interested in wine and wrote books on viticulture in Portugal and Greece.
Staniślawski died of cancer at the age of 94.
Publications
- 1950: The Anatomy of Eleven Towns in Michoacan
- 1959: The Individuality of Portugal: A Study in Historical-Political Geography
- 1963: Portugal's Other Kingdom: The Algarve
- 1970: Landscapes of Bacchus: The Vine in Portugal
- 1983: The Transformation of Nicaragua: 1519-1548
- Unpublished at the time of his death: Guatemala Villages of the Sixteenth Century
Awards, Positions, and Fellowships
- 1952–1953 and 1968–1969: Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1952–1953: Social Science Research Council Fellowship
- 1960–1961: Fulbright Fellowship
- 1963: Association of American Geographers Meritorious Contributions Award
- 1965: Gulbenkian Foundation Fellowship
- 1971–1972: President of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
See also
- Dan Stanislawski on the University of Texas page
- Dan Stanislawski on the University of Berkeley page
- OBITUARY -- Dan Stanislawski Archived 2013-06-30 at Archive.today on the SFGate page
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