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Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway
1849–1942
Best remembered for making geography and weather study practical and readable, this late-19th- and early-20th-century writer produced school texts that aimed to connect everyday life with the wider world. His books range from classroom geographies to a substantial handbook on meteorology.
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Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges
by Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway
About the author
Jacques W. Redway, also known as Jacques Wardlaw Redway, was an American author and educator whose published work focused heavily on geography. Library and public-domain records for his books show a long career producing school texts and reference works, including Natural advanced geography, Commercial geography, and state-focused geography books.
His interests reached beyond maps and place names. A 1921 edition of Handbook of Meteorology presents him as a writer working seriously in weather study as well, with the book aimed at cooperative observers and students. Taken together, his bibliography suggests a teacherly author interested in explaining how land, climate, trade, and daily life fit together.
The dates commonly associated with him are 1849 to 1942. While easily available sources confirm his publications and name form, they offer only limited personal detail, so the surviving public picture is shaped more by his educational books than by biographical anecdotes.