Anastas Beschkow

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Anastas Stojanow Beschkow ( Bulgarian Анастас Стоянов Бешков ; born July 10, 1896 in Varna , † January 18, 1964 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian economic geographer .

Life

Beschkow first studied at the Leipzig Commercial College and the University of Sofia . From 1937 he worked as a professor in Swishtow and Sofia. From 1948 to 1964 he was chairman of the Bulgarian Association of Geographers. From 1958 he was also a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences . In his work he dealt with questions of economic geography and transport.

Beschkow was awarded the Dimitrov Prize.

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