Background
Platt, Robert Swanton was born on December 4, 1891 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Rutherford H. and Maryette A. (Smith) Platt.
Platt, Robert Swanton was born on December 4, 1891 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Rutherford H. and Maryette A. (Smith) Platt.
Student Saint George’s School, Newport, R. I., 1906-1909, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut, 1909-1910. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1914. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1920.
Instructor, Yale-in-China, 1914-1915. Instructor geografic University of Chicago, 1919-1922, assistant professor, 1922-1928, associate professor 1928-1939, professor since 1939, department chairman geography since 1949. Adviser Office of Geographer, unites states department State, 1943.
Chief, Division of Maps, Library Congress, 1944-1945.
Adviser, Conselho Nacional de Geographia, 1947.
Served as captain 82d Infantry, United States Army, West.W. I. Member National Research Council, 1936-1939. Member Association American Geographers (treasurer 1929-1934, vice president 1943, president 1945), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Alpha, Zeta Psi.
Clubs: University (Chicago).
Married Harriet Shanks, December 30, 1922. Children: Robert Swanton, Nancy Field (Mistress R. C. Rayfield).