# George Kish > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/George_Kish > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/George_Kish.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kish > Source revision: 1307754210 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American cartographer}} {{Infobox person | name = George Kish | native_name_lang = | native_name = | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = György Kiss | birth_date = {{birth date|1914|11|24}} | birth_place = [Budapest](/source/Budapest), Austria-Hungary | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|7|11|1914|11|24}} | death_place = [Ann Arbor](/source/Ann_Arbor), Michigan, U.S. | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Cartographic historian, geographer, professor }} Professor '''George Kish''' (November 24, 1914{{spaced ndash}}July 11, 1989, born '''György Kiss''')Mary S. Pedley and David Bosse, George Kish (1914–1989), ''Imago Mundi'' 43 (1991): 100–101.{{cite web |title=U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 |url=https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/48631579:60901 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com |access-date=8 October 2024}} was an internationally recognized authority known for work in [geography](/source/geography) and the history of [cartography](/source/cartography). His professional papers are held at the Bentley Historical Library in [Ann Arbor](/source/Ann_Arbor).[https://bentley.umich.edu/ Bentley Library] Kish was affiliated with the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan), Ann Arbor, for 46 years as a teacher and researcher. He came to the University in 1939 as a research assistant in geography and was appointed an instructor of geography in 1943. He was promoted to professor in 1956, and was named the William Herbert Hobbs distinguished Professor of Geography in 1981. Kish was a [Fulbright Research Professor](/source/Fulbright_Program) in [Italy](/source/Italy) in 1951–1952, and again in 1963. He lectured at the United Nations University in Cambridge, the [Stockholm School of Economics](/source/Stockholm_School_of_Economics), and the Academy of Sciences of both [Poland](/source/Poland) and [Hungary](/source/Hungary), and at universities in [Rome](/source/Rome), [Florence](/source/Florence), [Naples](/source/Naples), [Bari](/source/Bari), [London](/source/London), [Oxford](/source/Oxford), and [Liège](/source/Li%C3%A8ge). He was the curator of maps at the [William L. Clements Library](/source/William_L._Clements_Library) for several years. Kish's many awards included the Andrée Plaque for Polar Studies from the Swedish Geographical Society, the Greater Linnaeus Silver Medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, The University of Michigan's Henry Russel Lectureship {{Cite web |url=https://umich-rackham.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/umich_rackham.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1731 |title=University of Michigan |access-date=2007-01-11 |archive-date=2020-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312132230/https://umich-rackham.custhelp.com/ci/redirect/enduser/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1731 |url-status=dead }} and the Honors Award from the Association of American Geographers. In 1981, he received the Jornard Prize of the Paris Society of Geography, an honor awarded just once each decade. He also was a Commander in the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity. Kish was born in [Budapest, Hungary](/source/Budapest%2C_Hungary) to Dezso Kiss{{efn|Also given as Denzso{{cite web |title=Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 for George Kish |url=https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/2323636:9800 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com |access-date=8 October 2024}}}} and Ilona Vadnai on November 24, 1914. He was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1948. Kish received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1935 from the ''Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques'' in [Paris](/source/Paris). He received his [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts) degree from the [University of Paris](/source/University_of_Paris) (Sorbonne) in 1937, a [Master of Science](/source/Master_of_Science) degree from the [University of Budapest](/source/University_of_Budapest) in 1938, and a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Budapest in 1939. He received his [Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.) in geography from the University of Michigan in 1945. Kish died after a brief illness in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on July 11, 1989. Kish published more than 140 articles in English, French, German, Italian, and Hungarian, as well as several books. He is author of the Bibliography of International Geographical Congresses, 1871–1976. His last book, ''La Carte: Image des Civilizations'', was published in Paris in 1980. Kish was married to a Canadian physician, Elvina Anger Kish, and is survived by his daughter, Susan Kish of Zurich,[https://www.xing.com/profile/Susan_Kish XING entry] and her family. ==Publications== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070807224706/http://www.clements.umich.edu/Store.html History of Cartography, 200 35mm slides with descriptive booklet] *[http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/KISSOU.html A Source Book in Geography, Harvard Press] *[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0472525344 Economic Atlas of the Soviet Union ] *''North East Passage: Adolf Erik Nordenskiold, His Life and Times'' (1973) *''Heart of Asia: The Life of Sven Hedin'' by George Kish (1984) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061020030502/http://www.geography.wisc.edu/histcart/v6initiative/13mcmaster.pdf History of American Academic Cartography] ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==See also== *[University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kish, George}} Category:1914 births Category:American cartographers Category:University of Paris alumni Category:Eötvös Loránd University alumni Category:Hungarian emigrants to the United States Category:University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni Category:University of Michigan faculty Category:1989 deaths Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Category:20th-century cartographers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [George Kish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kish) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kish?action=history)). 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