Draft:Dan Stanislawski

Dan Stanislawski (Bellingham, Washington, April 20, 1903 – Berkeley, California, July 12, 1997) was a historical geographer from the United States. He is best known for his research on the political geography of Portugal and village structures in Mesoamerica after the arrival of the Spanish. He has received several academic awards and fellowships.

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Born in Washington, Stanislawski came to California at a young age. In 1934, he began studying geography at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D. in 1944. After brief positions at Syracuse University and the University of Washington, he was a professor at the University of Texas from 1949 to 1963. He then chaired the Department of Geography at the University of Arizona until his retirement in 1973. He also taught (in Portuguese) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He was interested in wine and wrote books on viticulture in Portugal and Greece.

Staniślawski died of cancer at the age of 94.