Individual Details
Robert Swanton Platt
(4 Dec 1891 - 1 Mar 1964)
He was a geographer. Author of Latin America: Countrysides and United Regions. Macmillan, 1949 (?) and Field Study in American Geography. Univ. of Chicago, 1959
"Mary [Jenkins] and I drove to Chicago University and tried to find Robert Platt, Asst. Prof., Geography, Rosenwald Hall; was not in his office"
Lucy Elliot Keeler, Diary, March 9, 1927 (vol. 14, pg. 38)
"Mary [Jenkins] and I drove to Chicago University and tried to find Robert Platt, Asst. Prof., Geography, Rosenwald Hall; was not in his office"
Lucy Elliot Keeler, Diary, March 9, 1927 (vol. 14, pg. 38)
Events
| Birth | 4 Dec 1891 | Columbus, Franklin Co., OH | |||
| Marriage | 30 Dec 1922 | Chicago, Cook Co., IL - Harriet McClellan shanks |  | ||
| Death | 1 Mar 1964 | Chicago, Cook Co., IL | |||
| Residence | 10820 Drew St., Morgan Park, Chicago, IL | | |||
| Biography | Who's Who in America Vol. 28, 1954-55, pg. 2133-34 |
Families
| Spouse | Harriet McClellan shanks (1899 - 1979) |
| Child | Robert Swanton Platt Jr. (1925 - 2000) |
| Child | Nancy Field Platt (1926 - ) |
| Father | Rutherford Hayes PLATT (1853 - 1928) |
| Mother | Maryette Andrews SMITH (1863 - 1929) |
| Sibling | William Andrews Platt (1887 - 1902) |
| Sibling | Anne Swan Platt (1889 - 1890) |
| Sibling | Rutherford Hayes PLATT (1894 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Joseph Swan PLATT (1902 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Emily Platt (1906 - 1989) |