Alexander H. Rice Jr.

Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. (August 29, 1875  July 23, 1956) was an American physician, geographer, and explorer especially noted for his expeditions to the Amazon Basin. He was a professor of geography at Harvard University from 1929 to 1952, and was the founder and director of the Harvard Institute of Geographical Exploration. He was also the curator of the South American Section of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr.
Rice in the field
Born(1875-08-02)August 2, 1875
Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJuly 23, 1956(1956-07-23) (aged 80)
Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University (BA, MD)
Known forAerial mapping and Amazon River exploration
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(m. 1915; died 1937)
AwardsCommandeur de la Légion d'honneur
Scientific career
FieldsGeography
InstitutionsHarvard University
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