Geographer and cartographer.
Arthur H. Robinson served on the faculty of the Department of Geography of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1945-1980, teaching courses in cartography and physical geography. He was Chair of the Department from 1954-1958 and 1966-1968, was named Lawrence Martin Professor of Cartography in 1967, and was appointed Professor Emeritus in 1980.
Professor Robinson authored and co-authored many influential books and articles, including »The Look of Maps«, »The Nature of Maps«, and »Early Thematic Mapping in the History of Cartography«. His widely used textbook, »Elements of Cartography«, first published in 1953, has appeared in several subsequent editions.
He developed the famous Robinson Projection (1963) which he called »orthophanic« (which means »right appearing«).
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