Robert Larimore Pendleton
American soils scientist (1890–1957)
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Robert Larimore Pendleton (1890–1957) was a soils scientist. He held postings on various countries, worked for the U.S. government, and had writings published.[1]
He was born in Minnesota. Tool manufacturing company businessman John Louis Pendleton (died April 7, 1924) was his father.[2]
One of his postings was to Siam (now Thailand).[3][4] He was a professor of geography at Johns Hopkins University.[4] He did soil studies in Negros, Philippines.[5] He also worked in China.[6]
He was part of a group photographed in Thailand in 1948.[7] In 1949, he was photographed in the Republic of Congo being carried on a tipoy.[8] In 1950, he was awarded the David Livingstone Centenary Medal from the American Geographical Society.[9]
George F. Carter wrote his obituary for the Geographical Review.[10]
His dissertation was completed at California University in 1915.[11] A collection of his papers was published by Johns Hopkins University in 1938.[12] His photographs of agricultural development in Sawankhalok were used for a study published in 2023.[13]
