International Geographical Union

International Geographical Union, Union Géographique Internationale
Founded: 27/7/1922
Sources: HB 1925, HB 1929, HB 1936

Officers

General Assembly Executive Committee HB 1938: Switzerland, United States of America, Yugoslavia. Governing Body: The General Assembly; the Executive Committee. Officers:

• Hassanein Bey Vice President 1925-1936
• Prof. Boennan Member of a Committee 1938
• Prof. Boerman Vice President 1936
• R. Bourgeois Vice President 1925-1929 : First Vice-President / President 1929-1936
• Dr. Isaiah Bowman Vice President 1929-1936 / First Vice-President (Vice President) 1936-1938 / Member of a Committee 1938
• Sir Charles Close General Secretary (Secretary General) 1925-1929 / Vice President 1929-1936 / President 1936-1938 / Member of a Committee 1938
• Prof. Dainelli Vice President 1936-1938 / Member of a Committee 1938
• Baron de Gerlach de Gomery Vice President 1925-1929
• Em. de Martonne Secretary General 1936
• E. de Vasconcellos Vice President 1925-1929
• Dr. Filippo de Filippi General Secretary (Secretary General) 1929-1936
• Prof. Mecking Vice President 1936
• Prof. Meeting Member of a Committee 1938
• S. Gomez Nunez Vice President 1925-1936
• Prof. Romer Vice President 1936-1938 / Member of a Committee 1938
• N. Vacchelli President 1925-1929 / First Vice-President (Vice President) 1929-1936
• Harold St. John Loyd Winterbotham Vice President 1936-1938 / Member of a Committee 1938
• Prof. N. Yamasaki Vice President 1925-1936

Seats

• Coytbury: St. Gilles's Hill: Winchester: England
• 8, via Cesare Battisti: Florence: Italy
  HB 1929
• 191, rue Saint-Jacques: Paris: France
  HB 1936

Relationships with other Organisations

• this organisation (International Geographical Union) under the auspices of International Research Council

Members in these countries

HB 1938: : National Committees in:
Argentina (since 1929) , Belgium (since 1925) , Canada (since 1936) , Chile (since 1938) , Cuba (since 1936) , Czechoslovakia (since 1925) , Dantzig (since 1936) , Denmark (since 1936) , Egypt (since 1925) , France (since 1925) , Germany (since 1936) , Greece (since 1929) , Italy (since 1925) , Japan (since 1925) , Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia (1925-1936) , Morocco (since 1925) , Netherlands (since 1925) , New Zealand (since 1936) , Norway (since 1936) , Poland (since 1925) , Portugal (since 1925) , Romania (since 1929) , South Africa (since 1925) , Spain (since 1925) , Sweden (since 1936) , Switzerland (since 1929) , United Kingdom (since 1925) , United States of America (since 1929) , Yugoslavia (since 1936) ,

Congresses

• 15/4/1924-15/4/1924 Brussels: Belgium
• 1/4/1925-1/4/1925 Cairo: Egypt Took place under the auspices of the Union.
• 1928-1928 Cambridge: United Kingdom
• 1928-1928 Cambridge: United Kingdom
• 1931-1931 Paris: France
• 1931-1931 Paris: France
• 1934-1934 Warsaw: Poland
• 1934-1934 Warsaw: Poland

Object

1° favoriser l'étude des problèmes qui concernent la géographie; 2° provoquer et coordonner les recherches exigeant la coopération de plusieurs pays, et en assurer la discussion scientifique ainsi que la publication; 3° organiser des congrès internationaux et des commissions qui en dépendent. HB 1929: (1) To promote the study of geographical problems ; (2) to initiate and co-ordinate researches requiring international co-operation and to provide for their scientific discussion and publication ; (3) to organise international congresses and committees of such congresses. HB 1936: Favoriser l'étude des problèmes qui concernent la géographie; provoquer et coordonner les recherches exigeant la coopération de plusieurs pays et en assurer la discussion scientifique ainsi que la publication; organiser des congrès internationaux et les commissions qui en dépendent. HB 1938:(1) To promote the study of geographical problems; (2) to initiate and coordinate researches requiring international co-operation and to provide for their scientific discussion and publication; (3) to organise international congresses and committees of such congresses.

Finances

Recettes annuelles: 31.500 francs français. Dépenses: variables. HB 1929: Annual revenue, £400.

General facts

Formée sous les auspices du Conseil international de recherches, l'Union fut fondée le 27 juillet 1922, à Bruxelles. L'Assemblée générale de l'Union eut lieu le 15 avril 1924, à Bruxelles, et le Congrès international de géographie fut tenu au Caire le 1er avril 1925 sous les auspices de l'Union. HB 1929: The Union was created under the auspices of the International Research Council. General assemblies of the Union have been held at Brussels in 1924 and at Cambridge in 1928. International geographical congresses were held at Cairo in 1925 and at Cambridge in 1928, under the auspices of the Union. HB 1936: L'Union a été créée en juillet 1922, à Bruxelles, sous les auspices du Conseil international de recherches. Assemblées générales tenues à Bruxelles en 1924, Cambridge 1928, Paris 1931, Varsovie 1934. Congrès internationaux de géographie tenus au Caire en 1925, Cambridge 1928, Paris 1931, Varsovie 1934, sous les auspices de l'Union. HB 1938: The Union was created in July 1922 under the auspices of the International Research Council. General assemblies of the Union have been held at Brus sels in 1924, at Cambridge in 1928, Paris 1931, Warsaw 1934- International geographical congresses were held at Cairo in 1925, at Cambridge in 1928, Paris 1931, Warsaw 1934, under the auspices of the Union.

Activities

Réunion de l'Assemblée générale tous les trois ans; organisation des Congrès internationaux de géographie. HB 1929: Meeting of the general assembly every three or four years. Organisation of inter- national geographical congresses. HB 1936: Réunion de l'Assemblée générale tous les trois ou quatre ans; organisation des congrès internationaux de géographie. HB 1938: Meeting of the general assembly every three or four years. Organisation of international geographical congresses.