Harm J. de Blij (see IJ (digraph); closest pronunciation: "duh blay") (October 9, 1935 – March 25, 2014)[1][2][3] was a Dutch-American geographer.
He was a geography editor on ABC's Good Morning America and an editor of National Geographic magazine and the author of several books, including Why Geography Matters.
[4] De Blij was born in Schiedam, the Netherlands, and received his early schooling in Europe.
A native of the Netherlands, he was a professor of geography and viticulture at Michigan State University and the University of Miami and a visiting professor at the Colorado School of Mines.
[3][1] Dr. de Blij was a Distinguished Professor of Geography at Michigan State University.