David Woodward (29 August 1942 – 25 August 2004) was an
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historian of cartography and
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Biography
Woodward was born in
Royal Leamington Spa
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,
England
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. After receiving a bachelor's degree from the
Swansea University
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(then the University of Wales at Swansea), he moved to the United States to study cartography under
Arthur H. Robinson
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at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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. He earned a doctorate in geography in 1970.
Woodward spent the next 11 years at the
Newberry Library
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in
Chicago
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as cartographic specialist and curator of maps. He served as director of the library's Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography from 1974 to 1980.
In 1980, Woodward returned to University of Wisconsin–Madison as a member of the faculty; he was named Arthur H. Robinson Professor of Geography in 1995. Woodward was a part of the university's cartography department until he retired from teaching in August 2002 to dedicate more of his time to research, editing, and outreach.
Woodward became an
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citizen in 1976.
History of Cartography Project
During a 1977 walk through the countryside in
Exeter, England
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, Woodward and
J. Brian Harley, a professor at the
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
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, developed the idea for what became the
History of Cartography Project
The History of Cartography Project is a publishing project in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It was founded by David Woodward in 1981. Woodward directed the project until his death in August 2004; Matthew H. ...
. They envisioned an ambitious multi-volume reference work that would examine the social production and consumption of maps across cultures from prehistoric origins to the 20th century. Harley died in 1991, but Woodward completed the work. These volumes are now the benchmark for students and academics in the field.
James R. Akerman, Woodward's successor at the Newberry Library, has stated that Woodward's contributions to the field of cartography history are so substantial that they "defy attempts to summarize them".
["In Memorium: David Woodward," Mapline, Vol. 99 (2004)] Malcolm Lewis stated that Woodward "transformed the history of cartography from a directionless Eurocentric field into a respectable subject now global in scope.
Awards and recognition
* The published volumes of ''The History of Cartography ''has won many awards.
* He was awarded a five-year senior membership at the UW Institute for Research in the Humanities
* Woodward won the UW—Madison Hilldale award in the arts and humanities
* He also received the College of Letters and Sciences Career Service Award.
Woodward gave hundreds of public lectures, discussing and developing new ideas with others as well as disseminating his research. He was a prolific and well-regarded scholar; his individual research and editorial works were widely disseminated and highly acclaimed.
Illness and death
Woodward died of cancer on 25 August 2004, at his home in Madison. Woodward's mentor, Arthur H. Robinson, died several weeks later. He had appeared at Woodward's memorial service.
Publications
A full bibliography of Woodward's publications is provided in Matthew H. Edney, "David Alfred Woodward (1942-2004)," ''Imago Mundi: The International Journal for the History of Cartography'' 57.1 (2005): 75-83. A number of reminiscences about Woodward as a scholar and a teacher can also be found in a special issue of ''Cartographic Perspectives'', no. 51 (Spring 2005), dedicated to Woodward and to his mentor, Arthur H. Robinson.
History of Cartography
* Harley, J. B., and David Woodward, eds.
Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean'. Volume 1 of ''The History of Cartography''. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1987. . Awarded Best Book in the Humanities (1987) from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers.
* Harley, J. B., and David Woodward, eds.
'. Volume 2, Book 1 of ''The History of Cartography''. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1992. .
* Harley, J. B., and David Woodward, eds.
'. Volume 2, Book 2 of ''The History of Cartography''. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1994. .
* Woodward, David, and G. Malcolm Lewis, eds.
'. Volume 2, Book 3 of ''The History of Cartography''. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998. .
* Woodward, David, ed.
'. Volume 3 of ''The History of Cartography''. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2007. (Set), 0-226-90733-3 (Part 1), 0-226-90734-1 (Part 2).
* Edney, Matthew H., and Mary S. Pedley, eds. ''Cartography in the European Enlightenment'' Volume 4 of ''The History of Cartography''. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2019. (Set), 978-0-226-33922-1 (e-book), 978-0-226-18476-0 (Part 1), 978-0-226-18477-7 (Part 2).
* Roger J. P. Kain, ed. ''Cartography in the Nineteenth Century''. Volume 5 of ''The History of Cartography''. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, in preparation.
* Monmonier, Mark, ed.
'. Volume 6 of ''The History of Cartography''. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2015. (Cloth Set), (E-book).
Other works
*
ditor''Five Centuries of Map Printing''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975.
* ''The All-American Map: Wax-Engraving and Its Influence on Cartography''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977.
*
ditor''Art and Cartography: Six Historical Essays''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
* ''Catalogue of Watermarks in Italian Maps, ca. 1540-1600''. Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 1996.
* ''Maps as Prints in the Italian Renaissance: Makers, Distributors & Consumers''. The 1995 Panizzi Lectures. London: British Library, 1996.
* ''Cultural Map of Wisconsin: A Cartographic Portrait of the State''. Madison:
University of Wisconsin Press
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, 1996. With Robert C. Ostergren, Onno Brouwer, Steven Hoelscher, and Joshua G. Hane.
* ''Approaches and Challenges in a Worldwide History of Cartography''. Barcelona: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, 2001. With Catherine Delano Smith and Cordell Yee.
References
External links
David Woodward, Brian Harley, and the History of Cartography ProjectObituary at the History of Cartography Project*
ttp://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040910/ai_n12798229 The London Independent: ObituaryDavid Woodward Memorial Fellowship
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1942 births
2004 deaths
English emigrants to the United States
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
American geographers
Historians of cartography
Deaths from cancer in Wisconsin
20th-century geographers