Michael Williams
Emeritus Professor of Geography and Distinguished Research Associate, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University

Carl O. Sauer: A Life Remembered
POSTPONED Monday, October 26, 2009 – 4:10 p.m.
Toll Room, Alumni House, Berkeley campus

Professor Michael Williams is just completing an original biography of the important geographer, Carl O. Sauer. His lecture will cover how and why he became interested in the life and work of Sauer and what led him to write this biography (Sauer lived from1889-1975 and served as a Professor of Geography at Berkeley from 1923 to 1956).  As part of the 20th Carl O. Sauer Memorial Lecture Professor Williams will also present extracts from the biography. Professor Williams is a distinguished geographer with a lifelong interest in the formation of landscapes, historical geography, and wetlands, and is highly recognized for his prize-winning work on deforestation.

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