Robert Larimore Pendleton
Robert Larimore Pendleton (1890–1957) was a soils scientist. He held postings on various countries, worked for the U.S. government, and had writings published.[1]
He was born in Minnesota. Tool manufacturing company businessman John Louis Pendleton (died April 7, 1924) was his father.[2]
One of his postings was to Siam (now Thailand).[3][4] He was a professor of geography at Johns Hopkins University.[4] He did soil studies in Negros, Philippines.[5] He also worked in China.[6]
He was part of a group photographed in Thailand in 1948.[7] In 1949, he was photographed in the Republic of Congo being carried on a tipoy.[8] In 1950, he was awarded the David Livingstone Centenary Medal from the American Geographical Society.[9]
George F. Carter wrote his obituary for the Geographical Review.[10]
His dissertation was completed at California University in 1915.[11] A collection of his papers was published by Johns Hopkins University in 1938.[12] His photographs of agricultural development in Sawankhalok were used for a study published in 2023.[13]
Writings
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "IN MEMORY - Robert Larimore Pendleton B.S., Ph. D." (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-25.
- ↑ Cutter, William Richard (May 9, 1926). "American Biography: A New Cyclopedia". Pub. under the direction of the American historical society – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Pendleton, Robert Larimore, 1890–1957 | Johns Hopkins University Libraries Archives Public Interface". aspace.library.jhu.edu.
- 1 2 "Bangkok (Thailand), home of a Britten". collections.lib.uwm.edu.
- ↑ "Philippine Agriculturist and Forester". College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines. May 9, 1925 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Buck, John Lossing (May 9, 1956). "Land Utilization in China: A Study of 16,786 Farms in 168 Localities, and 38,256 Farm Families in Twenty-two Provinces in China, 1929–1933". Council on Economic and Cultural Affairs – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Bangkok (Thailand), group portrait of Robert L. Pendleton and others". collections.lib.uwm.edu.
- ↑ Pendleton, Robert Larimore. "Democratic Republic of the Congo, Robert Larimore Pendleton being carried on tipoy" – via DPLA.
- ↑ "Pendleton, Hopkins Soil Expert, Wins Livingstone Medal". The Baltimore Sun. 1951-04-27. p. 36. Retrieved 2025-11-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Carter, George F. (1958). "Obituary: Robert L. Pendleton". Geographical Review. 48 (1): 124–126. JSTOR 211708.
- ↑ Summary of the Dissertation[s] Submitted in Partial Satisfaction of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. University of California, Graduate Division. 1915.
- ↑ Pendleton, Robert Larimore (1938). Robert Larimore Pendleton Papers.
- ↑ Jarernpanit, Thannapat; Rattanapong, Sudarat; Kongnun, Tunwarat (December 28, 2023). "Agricultural Development Through the Photos from Robert Larimore Pendleton in Sawankhalok District, Sukhothai Province, Thailand". Journal of Arts and Thai Studies. 45 (3): E2292 (1–16) – via so08.tci-thaijo.org.
- ↑ The place of tropical soils in feeding the world. Smithsonian Institution. Annual report. 1956.
- ↑ Pendleton, Robert Larimore (May 9, 1962). "Thailand : aspects of landscape and life". New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce – via Internet Archive.
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