Paul Wheatley (b. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, 11 October 1921 – d. Porter County, Indiana 30 October 1999) was a geographer who came to specialize in the historical geography of Southeast Asia and East Asia.
[2] He was awarded the Citation for Meritorious Contributions to the Field of Geography for "two decades of productive enquiry" by The Association of American Geographers in 1974.
After serving as navigator in the Bomber Command and the Pathfinder Group 205 in World War II, Wheatley took a degree in geography at Liverpool University, at first specializing in English historical geography.
[2] Wheatley's obituary says of him that he was a "man of ideas, of exacting standards and often of forceful expression.
"[2] Another memorialist wrote, "Scholars who study the relationship between place and power have drawn on his city as cosmomagical center for religious, ritual, and political activities.