ABSTRACT
The growth of geography over the past hundred years, and in particular thc French and German contribution to it, is revealed by its place in the universities, wherc there has been a great growth in numbers of hoth professors and students throughout the world; and by the organization of national and international bodies to promote it. The university record in France and Germany has been covered in these pages and several enquiries have been published1, the latest in German by W. Hartke in 19602• Tbe growth of societies has also been examined.3 Thc history of the International Geo .. graphical Union has appeared in print, though in a source of very limited circulation.4 We shall comment in this chapter on the second and third matters, and then draw some general conclusions.
