NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of geographers

⅜ Abulfeda (or Abud-Fida IsmaIl ibnAh,Imad-ud-Dni) (November 1273 - October 26, 1331) was an Arab historian and geographer. ... William Peter Adams, PC, BA, M.Sc, Ph. ... Agatharchides of Cnidus, was a Greek historian and geographer (flourished 2nd century BC); Strabo (14. ... Agathedaemon of Alexandria, map designer, probably lived in the 2nd century AD. Some manuscripts of the Geography of Ptolemy contain twenty-seven maps, which are stated to have been drawn by Agathodaemon, who delineated the whole world according to the eight books of Ptolemys geography. ... A. W. Andrews was a British rock-climber and mountaineer. ... Alypius of Antioch was a geographer of the 4th century who was sent by the emperor Britain as first prefect. ... Ash Amin is a professor at Durham University, UK. He graduated from the University of Reading in 1979 with a first-class degree in Italian Studies and then gained a PhD in geography from Reading in 1986. ... Jacques Ancel(1879-1943) was a French geographer and geopolitician. ... Karl Andree, (20 October 1808 - 10 August 1875), German geographer, was born at Brunswick on the 20th of October 1808. ... Richard Andree (born 26 February 1835 in Brunswick, died 22 February 1912 on a train-ride between Munich and Nuremberg) was, like his father Karl Andree (1808-1875) a German geographer, noted for devoting himself especially to ethnography. ... Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823) was an English geographer (mapmaker) and member of the Arrowsmith family of geographers. ... VÃ¤inÃ¶ Auer (b. ... Hi i am FÃ©lix Manuel de Azara. ... Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Batuta (1304-1369), also known as Shams ad-Din was a Muslim traveler and geographer. ... Oliver Edwin Baker (1883, College Park, Maryland â€“ December 2, 1949, College Park, Maryland) was an American economic geographer. ... Robert C. Balling, Jr. ... Keith Barber is a professor of physical geography at the University of Southampton. ... John George Bartholomew or J.G. Bartholomew (1860-1920) was a Scottish cartographer and geographer. ... Frederick William Beechey (February 17, 1796-November 29, 1856) was an English naval officer and geographer. ... Walter Emmerich Behrmann (May 22, 1882, Oldenburg - May 3, 1955, Berlin) was a German geographer. ... Charles Tilstone Beke (1800-1874), English traveller, geographer, and biblical critic, was born in Stepney, London, on the 10th of October 1800. ... Lev SemÃ«novich Berg (Russian: , 1876, Bessarabia - December 24, 1950) was a Soviet geographer, biologist. ... Dr. Luiza Bialasiewicz Dr. Luiza Bialasiewicz is a lecturer in Human Geography within the Department of Geography at Durham University. ... Isaiah Bowman (26 December 1878, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada â€“ 6 January 1950, Baltimore) was an American geographer. ... Joan Blaeu (1596 in Alkmaar - 1673 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch cartographer. ... Edward William Brayley (the younger) (1801 â€“ February 1, 1870) was an English geographer, librarian, and science author. ... Conrad Malte-Brun. ... Microscopic biography of William Wheeler Bunge Jr. ... Philip D. Burden is a geographer, author of The Mapping of North America: A List of Printed Maps 1511-1670, the authoritative work on its topic. ... Richard Burton, portrait by Frederic Leighton, National Portrait Gallery, London Sir Richard Francis Burton (March 19, 1821 - October 19, 1890), British consul, explorer, translator, and Orientalist, was born at Barham House, Hertfordshire, England. ... The Royal Geographical Society is a learned society, founded in 1830 with the name Geographical Society of London for the advancement of geographical science, under the patronage of King William IV. It absorbed the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa (founded by Joseph Banks in... Manuel Castells (b. ... Andreas Cellarius (c. ... Samuel de Champlain by ThÃ©ophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain, the father of New France, was born around 1580 in the town of Brouage, a seaport on Frances west coast. ... Cheng-Siang Chen, famous geographer. ... George Chisholm (1850-1930) was a British geographer. ... Walter Christaller (born 1893; died 1969), was a German geographer whose principal contribution to the discipline is Central Place Theory, first published in 1933. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A. Rees Clark is an American academic. ... Claudius Clavus (Suartho) also known as Nicholas Niger, (Danish: Claudius ClaussÃ¸n Swart), (September 14, 1388-?), was a Danish geographer sometimes considered to be the first Nordic cartographer. ... Philip Cluwer (Cluver, Cluvier or Cluverius) (1580 - 1623), German geographer and historian, was born at Danzig. ... Denis E. Cosgrove is an Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. ... John Antony Cramer (1793 - August 24, 1848), English classical scholar and geographer, was born at Mitlödi in Switzerland. ... James Croll (2 January 1821 â€“ 15 December 1890) was a 19th century Scottish scientist who developed a theory of climate change based on changes in the earths orbit. ... Dr. Mikchael A. Crang is a reader in cultural geography at Durham University in the UK. He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a first in geography and gained a PhD from the University of Bristol. ... Portrait of Jovan CvijiÄ‡ by UroÅ¡ PrediÄ‡ Jovan CvijiÄ‡ (Cyrillic ÐˆÐ¾Ð²Ð°Ð½ Ð¦Ð²Ð¸Ñ˜Ð¸Ñ›) (1865 - 1927), greatest Serbian geographer, president of Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences and rector of Belgrade University. ... Jack Dangermond is the president of ESRI in Redlands, CA ... William Morris Davis (February 12, 1850 - February 5, 1934) was an American geographer, geologist and meteorologist, often called the father of American geography. He was born into a Quaker family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of Edward M. Davis and Maria Mott Davis (a daughter of the womens advocate Lucretia... Alexander Dalrymple (July 24, 1737 - June 19, 1808 was a Scottish geographer. ... Harm de Blij (pronounced duh BLAY) is one of the worlds most prominent geographers. ... Frank Debenham (1883â€“1965) OBE; M.A.; D.Sc. ... For the American college basketball coach, see John Dee (basketball coach). ... Jared Mason Diamond (b. ... Dicaearchus (also Dicearchos, Dicearchus or DikÃ¦archus, Greek Î”Î¹ÎºÎ±Î¹Î±ÏÏ‡Î¿Ï‚; circa 350 BC â€“ circa 285 BC) was a Greek philosopher, cartographer, geographer, mathematician and author. ... Vasily Vasilievich Dokuchaev (Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð”Ð¾ÐºÑƒÑ‡Ð°ÐµÐ²) (1840 â€“ 1903) was a Russian geographer who is credited with laying foundations of soil science. ... Erich von Drygalskadekingles or Erich Dagobert von Drygalskadekingles (February 9, 1865 â€“ January 10, 1949) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in KÃ¶nigsberg, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia. ... William Gordon East (November 19, 1902 - January 27, 1998) was an English geographer and writer. ... Eratosthenes (Greek ; 276 BC - 194 BC) was a Greek mathematician, geographer and astronomer. ... Lewis Evans (c. ... Photograph of Everest Colonel Sir George Everest (July 4, 1790 - December 1, 1866) was a British surveyor and geographer, and Surveyor-General of India from 1830 to 1843. ... Dr. Ghazi-Wahid Falah is an Israeli-Canadian geographer, who is currently a tenured professor at the University of Akron. ... Gemma Frisius, seventeenth-century woodcut by E. de Boulonois For the crater, see Gemma Frisius (crater) Gemma Frisius (or Reiner Gemma, December 9, 1508 - May 25, 1555) was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. ... Masahisa Fujita (born in 1943) is a Japanese economist and professor at Kyoto university, who has studied regional science and Urban Economics and International Trade, Spatial Economy (New Economic Geography). ... Alfons Gabriel (1892 – 1976) was a Austrian geographer and travel writer who made several trips to the deserts of Iran, during 1927-8, 1933, and 1937. ... Sir Francis Galton F.R.S. (February 16, 1822 â€“ January 17, 1911), half-cousin of Charles Darwin, was an English Victorian polymath, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician, and statistician. ... Johann Georg August Galletti (* August 19, 1750 in Altenburg; â€ March 16, 1828 in Gotha) was an German historian and geographer. ... Henry Gannett, M.E.; LL.D. (1846-1914) was an American geographer. ... William Lewis Garrison (born 1924) is an American geographer and transportation analyst, currently a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. ... Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729 - 1802) was a German geographer and chemist. ... Artur Gavazzi (October 14, 1861 - March 12, 1944) was a Croatian geographer. ... John Alan Glennon (born September 24, 1970) is an American geographer and explorer. ... Johann Georg Gmelin (August 8, 1709 - May 20, 1755) was a German naturalist, botanist and geographer. ... Michael Frank Goodchild (born February 24, 1944) is a British-American geographer. ... Jean Gottman (October 10, 1915 â€“ February 28, 1994) was a French geographer who was most widely known for coining the term megalopolis to describe the condition of the Boston-Washington corridor. ... Mark Graham An English Geographer born in 1980. ... Derek Gregory (1 March 1951) is an influential British geographer from the United Kingdom. ... Lev Gumilyov and Anna Akhmatova, 1960s Lev Nikolayevich Gumilyov (Russian: ) (October 1, 1912, St. ... Arnold Henry Guyot (September 28, 1807 _ February 8, 1884), Swiss-American geologist and geographer, was born at Boudevilliers, near Neuchâtel, Switzerland. ... Dr. Toni Hagen (born August 17, 1917 in Luzern, died April 18, 2003 in Lenzerheide) was a Swiss geologist and a pioneer of swiss development assistance. ... Torsten HÃ¤gerstrand (1916 Moheda- May 3, 2004 Lund), was a Swedish geographer. ... Richard Hartshorne (1899-1992), was a prominent American geographer. ... Richard Colebrook Cole Harris (born 4 July 1936) is a Canadian geographer. ... David Harvey, 1990s David Harvey (b. ... Henri Hauser [ozer] (1866, Oran - 1946, Paris), Algeria-born French economist, historian, geographer. ... Zheng He[1] (1371â€“1433), was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels of Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean (Chinese: ä¸‰ä¿å¤ªç›£ä¸‹è¥¿æ´‹) or Zheng He to the Western Ocean, from 1405 to 1433. ... Dr John Arnfield Heap, CMG (5 February 1932 â€“ 8 March 2006) was a polar scientist who helped protect Antarctica from exploitation. ... Sven Hedin. ... Gamal Hemdan (Arabic:Ø¬Ù…Ø§Ù„ ØÙ…Ø¯Ø§Ù†) (February 2, 1928 - April 17, 1993) was a prominent Egyptian geographer. ... Alfred Hettner ( August 6, 1859, Dresden - August 31, 1941, Heidelberg) was a German geographer. ... Hipparchus. ... Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich, KCMG, KCIE, CB (1843-1929) was a British geographer and president of the Royal Geographical Society. ... Johann Baptist Homann (1664 - 1724) of Nuremberg, Germany was a geographer and cartographer, who was instrumental in making maps of the Americas to show to Europeans, and in turn bringing Europeans to see America. ... J.F. â€œFrankâ€ Horrabin (1884-1962) was an English socialist, radical writer and cartoonist, sometime Communist, Labour Member of Parliament for Peterborough, and associate of David Low and George Orwell, who attempted to construct a socialist geography. ... An 1859 portrait of Alexander von Humboldt by the artist Julius Schrader, showing Mount Chimborazo in the background. ... Carl Humann (born January 4, 1839 in Steele, part of todayâ€™s Essen - Germany; â€ April 12, 1896 in Smyrna, today Ä°zmir - Turkey) was a German Engineer, Architect and Archaeologist. ... Ellsworth Huntington was a professor of economics at Yale University, early 20th century, known for his studies on climatic determinism, economic growth and economic geography. ... Thomas Hutchins (born in 1730 - died in 1789) was a Military Engineer, Cartographer, Geographer and Surveyor. ... Cosmas Indicopleustes (literally Mr. ... Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs, OC, O.Ont (May 4, 1916 â€“ April 25, 2006) was an American-born Canadian urbanist, writer and activist. ... Kim Jeong-ho (pen name Gosanja; 1804-1866) was a Korean geographer. ... Alexander Keith Johnston (28 December 1804 - 9 July 1871) was a Scottish geographer. ... Alexander Keith Johnston (1844 â€“ 1879) was a Scottish explorer and geographer. ... Felix Philipp Kanitz (Bulgarian and Serbian Cyrillic: Ð¤ÐµÐ»Ð¸ÐºÑ Ð¤Ð¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¿ ÐšÐ°Ð½Ð¸Ñ†) (2 August 1829-8 January 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian naturalist, geographer, ethnographer, archaeologist and author of travel notes. ... Richard Kiepert (September 13, 1846 - August 4, 1915) was a German cartographer who was the son of famed geographer Heinrich Kiepert (1818-1899). ... Heinrich Kiepert (July 31, 1818 - April 21, 1899), German geographer, was born at Berlin. ... Peter Kozler (February 16, 1824 - April 16, 1879) was a Slovene lawyer, geographer, cartographer, politician and manufacturer, born in Koče, south of Kočevje, Austria-Hungary (now Slovenia). ... Stepan P. Krasheninnikov Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 - 1755) was a Russian explorer and geographer who gave the first full description of Kamchatka in the early eighteenth century. ... Peter Kropotkin Prince Peter Alexeevich Kropotkin (In Russian ÐŸÑ‘Ñ‚Ñ€ ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐµÌÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐšÑ€Ð¾Ð¿Ð¾ÌÑ‚ÐºÐ¸Ð½) (December 9, 1842 - February 8, 1921) was one of Russias foremost anarchists and one of the first advocates of what he called anarchist communism: the model of society he advocated for most of his life was that of a communalist society... Yves Lacoste is a French geographer and geopolitician. ... Joannes de Laet (1581 â€“ 1649) was a Flemish geographer and director of the Dutch West India Company. ... William Lambton (1756-1823) was a British soldier, surveyor, and geographer. ... Liu An (åŠ‰å®‰, 179-122 BC) was an advisor to Emperor Wu of Han China and the inventor of tofu. ... Conrad Malte-Brun. ... Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (b. ... Kenneth Mason MC (10 September 1887 - 1976) was a soldier and geographer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. ... Halford John Mackinder Sir Halford John Mackinder PC (February 15, 1861 - March 6, 1947), was an English geographer and geopolitician. ... Kenneth Mason MC (10 September 1887 - 1976) was a soldier and geographer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. ... Otto Maull (1887-1957) was a German geographer and geopolitician. ... // Donald McNeill (Geographer) is a senior lecturer at Kings College London, in the Department of Geography. ... D.W. Meinig (Donald William Meinig) is an American geographer, focusing on historical geography, regional geography, cultural geography, social geography, and landscape interpretation. ... Anton Melik (January 1, 1890 â€“ June 8, 1966) was a Slovene geographer. ... Alfred Merz (born January 24, 1880, Perchtoldsdorf, NiederÃ¶sterreich - August 16, 1925, Buenos Aires), Austrian geographer, oceanographer. ... Megasthenes (c. ... August Meitzen (1822-1910) was a German geographer widely acknowledged as the founder of rural settlement geography. ... Anton Melik (January 1, 1890 â€“ June 8, 1966) was a Slovene geographer. ... Nicolae Milescu on a Moldovan stamp Nicolae Milescu (1636 - 1708) was a Moldavian writer, traveler and diplomat. ... Don Mitchell is an academic Geographer at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. ... Brent Wade Moll is an American Geographer born in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania on 4 November 1954 at 8:33am. ... Jedidiah Morse Rev. ... Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (July 24, 1786â€“September 11, 1843), also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet, was a French geographer and mathematician known for mapping the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s. ... Pedro Nunes (latin, Petrus Nonius), (1502, AlcÃ¡cer do Sal â€“ August 11, 1578, Coimbra) was a Portuguese mathematician, maybe born from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family. ... Erich Obst (1886 - 1981) was a German geographer and geopolitician. ... Vladimir Obruchev. ... Professor Miles Ogborn is an influential human geographer at Queen Mary, University of London. ... Dr Gerard Toal (GearÃ³id Ã“ Tuathail) is Professor of Government and International Affairs and Director of the Masters of Public and International Affairs program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Northern Capital Region campus. ... Joseph Partsch (1851- 1925) was a German geographer, born at Schreiberhau, Silesia. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Pausanias (Greek: ) was a Greek traveller and geographer of the 2nd century A.D., who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. ... Albrecht Penck (September 25, 1858 - March 7, 1945), was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck. ... Walther Penck (August 30, 1888 â€“ September 29, 1923), born in Vienna as son of Albrecht Penck. ... The bust of Posidonius as an older man depicts his character as a Stoic philosopher. ... Allan Pred (1936 â€“ 2007) was a prominent American geographer and Berkeley Professor. ... Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky, also spelled Przewalski and Prjevalsky (Russian: ) (April 12, 1839â€”November 1, 1888 (Gregorian calendar)), was a Russian geographer and explorer in central and eastern Asia. ... Pseudo-Scymnus is the name given by Augustus Meineke to the unknown author of a classical work on geography, The Circumnavigation of the Earth, an anonymous verse periegesis first published at Augsburg in 1600. ... A medieval artists rendition of Claudius Ptolemaeus Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: ; c. ... Events Roman Empire Dacians under Decebalus engaged in two wars against the Romans from this year to AD 88 or 89. ... Pytheas (Î Ï…Î¸ÎÎ±Ï‚, 380 â€“ 310 BC) was a Greek merchant, geographer and explorer from the Greek colony Massilia (today Marseille). ... Dr. Sarah A. Radcliffe is Senior Lecturer in Latin American Geography at the University of Cambridge. ... Friedrich Ratzels photograph from the University of Leipzig Friedrich Ratzel (August 30, 1844, Karlsruhe, Baden â€“ August 9, 1904, Ammerland) was a German geographer and ethnographer, notable for coining the term Lebensraum (living space). // Ratzels Life Ratzels father was the head of the household staff of the Grand... Amin Razi (Amīn Rāzī) 16th century persian geographer, author of an encyclopedia called haft iqlīm (seven climes) Categories: Stub ... Élisée Reclus (March 15, 1830 - July 4, 1905) was a French geographer. ... James Rennell (December 3, 1742 - March 29, 1830) was a British geographer. ... Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905). ... Carl Ritter (in German: Karl Ritter) (August 7, 1779, Quedlinburg – September 28, 1859, Berlin) was, along with his fellow German Alexander von Humboldt, one of the founders of modern geography (and of the Berlin Geographical Society). ... Arthur H. Robinson ( January 5, 1915 – October 19, 2004) was an American geographer and cartographer. ... Joseph Francis Charles Rock, (1884 â€“ 1962) was an Austrian-American explorer, geographer, linguist and botanist. ... Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (April 14, 1831 - June 2, 1896) was a German geographer and adventurer who was the first European to cross Africa north to south. ... Bernard Romans (1720 - 1784) was a navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter and writer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... William Roy (1726 - July 1, 1790), was a Scottish surveyor, military draughtsman and antiquary, born in Carluke, South Lanarkshire. ... Ibn Rustah (in Persian: ابن رسته) was a 10th century Persian explorer and geographer born in Rosta district, Isfahan, Persia (See Encyclopaedia Iranica [1]). He wrote a geographical compendium. ...

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David Sadler (geographer)
Arun Saldanha
Marwyn Samuels
Milton Santos
Milton Santos
Saskia Sassen
Carl Sauer (USA, 1889 -- 1975)
Fred K. Schaefer (Berlin, Germany 1904 - USA, 1953)
Steven Schnell
Henry Schoolcraft
Scymnus
Leopold von Schrenck
Allen J Scott
Ellen Churchill Semple
Johan Sems (Netherlands, 1572 - 1635)
Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton
Andrew Shears
Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky
Shen Kuo (China, 1031-1095)
Eric Sheppard
Yuly Shokalsky
James R. "Pete" Shortridge
Neil Smith
Paul Allen Siple
Strabo (Roman Empire, Greece, 63 BC/64 BC - circa 24 BC)
Su Song (China, 1020-1101)
Edward Soja (Spain, 1942)
Oskar Spate
John Speke, Royal Geographic Society
Simon Springer
Ulf Strohmayer

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Carl Ortwin Sauer (December 24, 1889-July 18, 1975) was an American geographer. ... Fred K. Schaefer (Berlin, 7 July 1904 - USA, 6 June 1953) was a geographer. ... Henry Schoolcraft Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (March 28, 1793â€“December 10, 1864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his discovery in 1832 of the source of the Mississippi River. ... Scymnus of Chios (fl. ... Leopold Ivanovich von Schrenck (1826 - January 8, 1894) was a Russo-German zoologist, geographer and ethnographer. ... Allen J. Scott is a professor of geography and public policy at UCLA. Combinatorial Programming, Spatial Analysis, and Planning. ... Ellen Churchill Semple (January 8, 1863, Louisville, Kentucky – May 8, 1933, West Palm Beach, Florida). ... Right Hon. ... Portrait by Valentin Serov (1905). ... Shen Kuo (æ²ˆæ‹¬) Shen Kuo or Shen Kua (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (1031 - 1095) was a polymath Chinese scientist, mathematician, meteorologist, geologist, mineralogist, military general and strategist, diplomat, notable scholar, astronomer, pharmacologist, hydraulic engineer, academy chancellor, finance minister, state inspector, State Foundation Viscount,[1] and head official of the Bureau of Astronomy for... Yuly Mikhailovich Shokalsky (1856 â€” 1940) was a Russian oceanographer, cartographer, and geographer. ... Neil Smith is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography and Director of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. ... Paul Allman Siple (1908-1968) was an American Antarctic explorer and geographer who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, including the two Byrd expeditions of 1928-1930 and 1933-1935. ... The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ... Su Song è˜‡é Œ (1020 â€“ 1101), style Zirong åå®¹, was a Chinese engineer. ... Edward Soja (b. ... Oskar Hermann Khristian Spate (London, England 1911 - Canberra, Australia 2000) was a geographer best known for his role in strengthening geography as a discipline in Australia and the Pacific. ... John Hanning Speke (May 4, 1827-September 15, 1864) was an officer in the British Indian army, who made three voyages of exploration to Africa. ... The Royal Geographical Society with the associated Institute of British Geographers is a learned society of geography and geographers. ... Ulf Strohmayer - geographer - Professor and head of the Geography Department at the National University of Ireland, Galway. ... Ralph Stockman Tarr, S.B. (1864-1912) was an American geographer, born at Gloucester, Massachusetts He was educated at Harvard and he served at Cornell where he became professor in 1897. ... Johann Heinrich von ThÃ¼nen (24 June 1783 - 22 September 1850) ranks alongside Marx as the greatest economist of the nineteeth century (Fernand Braudel). ... Professor Nigel Thrift is head of the Life and Environmental Sciences Division and Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. ... Waldo Tobler received his degrees in Geography from the University of Washington in Seattle, spent several years at the University of Michigan and is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of California in Santa Barbara. ... Wilhelm Tomaschek, or VilÃ©m TomÃ¡Å¡ek (May 26, 1841, Olomouc - September 9, 1901, Vienna) was a Czech-Austrian geographer and orientalist. ... Dr. Roger Tomlinson is one of the primary originators of modern computerized Geographic Information Systems. ... George Trebeck (1800-1825) was born in Middlesex, England in the year 1800. ... Emil Trinkler (May 19, 1896, Bremen - April 19, 1931, Bremen) was a German geographer, explorer of Asia (Asienforscher). ... Carl Troll (* 24 December 1899 in Gabersee, † 21 July 1975 in Bonn), was a German geographer, brother of botanist Wilhelm Troll From 1919 until 1922 Troll studied amongst other biology, chemistry, geology, geography and physics at the Universität in München. ... Yi-Fu Tuan was born December 5, 1930 in Tientsin, China. ... Marinos of Tyre (ÎœÎ±ÏÎ¯Î½Î¿Ï‚ Î¿ Î¤ÏÏÎ¹Î¿Ï‚) ÎŸ ÎœÎ±ÏÎ¯Î½Î¿Ï‚ Î±Ï€ÏŒ Ï„Î·Î½ Î¤ÏÏÎ¿ (Ï€ÎµÏÎ¯ Ï„Î¿ 170 - 250 Î¼.Î§.) Î®Ï„Î±Î½ ÎˆÎ»Î»Î·Î½Î±Ï‚ Î³ÎµÏ‰Î³ÏÎ¬Ï†Î¿Ï‚ ÎºÎ±Î¹ Ï‡Î±ÏÏ„Î¿Î³ÏÎ¬Ï†Î¿Ï‚ Î±Ï€ÏŒ Ï„Î·Î½ Î¤ÏÏÎ¿. Î˜ÎµÏ‰ÏÎµÎ¯Ï„Î±Î¹ Ï‰Ï‚ Î¿ Î¸ÎµÎ¼ÎµÎ»Î¹Ï‰Ï„Î®Ï‚ Ï„Î·Ï‚ Î¼Î±Î¸Î·Î¼Î±Ï„Î¹ÎºÎ®Ï‚ Î³ÎµÏ‰Î³ÏÎ±Ï†Î¯Î±Ï‚, Ï€ÎµÏÎ¹Î³ÏÎ¬Ï†Î¿Î½Ï„Î±Ï‚ Î¼Îµ Î¼ÎµÎ³Î±Î»ÏÏ„ÎµÏÎ· ÏƒÎ±Ï†Î®Î½ÎµÎ¹Î± Î±Ï€ÏŒ ÏŒÎ»Î¿Ï…Ï‚ Ï„Î¿Ï…Ï‚ Ï€Î±Î»Î±Î¹ÏŒÏ„ÎµÏÎ¿Ï…Ï‚ Î³ÎµÏ‰Î³ÏÎ¬Ï†Î¿Ï…Ï‚ Ï„Î· Î²ÏŒÏÎµÎ¹Î± Î•Ï…ÏÏŽÏ€Î·, Ï…Ï€Î¿ÏƒÏ„Î·ÏÎ¯Î¶Î¿Î½Ï„Î±Ï‚ Ï„Î¿ Î¼ÎµÏƒÎ·Î¼Î²ÏÎ¹Î½ÏŒ Ï„Ï‰Î½ ÎœÎ±ÎºÎ¬ÏÏ‰Î½ Ï‰Ï‚ Î±Ï†ÎµÏ„Î·ÏÎ¯Î± Î³Î¹Î± Ï„Î· Î¼ÎÏ„ÏÎ·ÏƒÎ· Ï„Ï‰Î½ Î¼Î·ÎºÏŽÎ½, Ï€ÏÎ¿Î·Î³Î¿ÏÎ¼ÎµÎ½Î¿Ï‚ ÎÏ„ÏƒÎ¹ Ï„Î¿Ï… Î Ï„Î¿Î»ÎµÎ¼Î±Î¯Î¿Ï… ÎšÎ»Î±ÏÎ´Î¹Î¿Ï…, ÏƒÏ…Î½Ï„Î¬ÏƒÏƒÎ¿Î½Ï„Î±Ï‚ Î³ÎµÏ‰Î³ÏÎ±Ï†Î¹ÎºÎ¿ÏÏ‚ Ï€Î¯Î½Î±ÎºÎµÏ‚. ÎŸ Î Ï„Î¿Î»ÎµÎ¼Î±Î¯Î¿Ï‚ Ï„Î¿Î½ Ï€ÎµÏÎ¹Î»Î±Î¼Î²Î¬Î½ÎµÎ¹ ÏƒÏ„Î· Î“ÎµÏ‰Î³ÏÎ±Ï†Î¹ÎºÎ® Ï„Î¿Ï… Î¥Ï†Î®Î³Î·ÏƒÎ·, Î±Î½Î±Ï†ÎÏÎ¿Î½Ï„Î±Ï‚ Ï„Î± Î ÎµÏÎ¯ ÎœÎ±ÏÎ¯Î½Î¿Ï… Î³ÎµÏ‰Î³ÏÎ±Ï†Î¹ÎºÎ®Ï‚ Ï…Ï†Î·Î³Î®ÏƒÎµÏ‰Ï‚, Î”Î¹ÏŒÏÎ¸Ï‰ÏƒÎ¹Ï‚ Ï„Î¿Ï… Ï€Î»Î¬Ï„Î¿Ï…Ï‚ ÎµÎ³Î½Ï‰ÏƒÎ¼ÎÎ½Î·Ï‚ Î³Î·Ï‚ Î´Î¹Î±ÏƒÏ„Î¬ÏƒÎµÏ‰Ï‚ Î±Ï€ÏŒ Ï„Ï‰Î½ Ï†Î±Î¹Î½Î¿Î¼ÎÎ½Ï‰Î½ ÎºÎ±Î¹ . ... Edward Ullman (1912 â€“ 1976) was an American geographer. ... Bernhardus Ernhard Varen Varenius (born 1622 in Hitzacker (near LÃ¼neburg), Germany; died 1650) was a German geographer. ... Nikolai Vavilov Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°Ð¹ Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð’Ð°Ð²Ð¸Ð»Ð¾Ð², November 25/(November 13), 1887â€” January 26, 1943) was a prominent Russian botanist and geneticist. ... Paul Vidal de la Blache (PÃ©zenas, 1845 - Tamaris, 1918) was a French regional geographer. ... Alfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS (January 8, 1823 â€“ November 7, 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. ... Michael J. Watts is Class of 1963 Professor of Geography and Development Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and in the eyes of some a leading critical intellectual figure of the academic left. ... Alfred Weber (July 30, 1868 in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany - May 2, 1958 in Heidelberg) was a German economist, sociologist and theoretician of culture whose work was influential in the development of modern economic geography. ... Gilbert Fowler White (November 26, 1911 in Chicago - October 5, 2006 in Boulder, Colorado) is a prominent American geographer, sometimes termed the father of floodplain management. White is known predominantly for his work on natural hazards, particularly flooding, and the importance of sound water management in contemporary society. ... For Allan Wilson, the New Zealand molecular biologist, see Allan Wilson. ... Professor Charles W. J. Withers (born December 5, 1954) is professor of historical geography at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Denis Wood is an artist, author, cartographer and a former professor of Design at North Carolina State University. ... John Kirtland Wright (1891â€“1969) was an American geographer, notable for his cartography, geosophy, and study of the history of geographical thought. ... Xu Xiake (徐霞客, py. ... Naomasa Yamasaki (å±±å´Žç›´æ–¹,March 10, 1870 â€“ July 26, 1929) was a Japanese geographer and regarded as the father of modern Japanese geography. ... Wilbur Zelinsky (born 1921) is recognized as one of Americas most prominent cultural geographers. ... Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (August 17, 1743 - July 4, 1815) was a German geographer and zoologist. ... This article explores the history of geography. ... Geography is the study of the Earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity. ... This is a list of geography topics: Geography of countries Geography of Afghanistan Geography of Albania Geography of Algeria Geography of American Samoa Geography of Andorra Geography of Angola Geography of Anguilla Geography of Antarctica Geography of Antigua and Barbuda Geography of Argentina Geography of Armenia Geography of Aruba Geography... Population density by country, 2006 Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the systematic study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the environment, with particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earths surface. ... Behavioral geography is an approach to Human Geography that examines human behavior using a disaggregate approach. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Map of countries by population Population growth showing projections for later this century Demography is the statistical study of human populations. ... Development geography is the study of the Earths geography and its relationship with economic development. ... Economic geography is the study of the location, distribution and spatial organization of economic activities across the Earth. ... Feminist geography is an approach to study in human geography which applies the theories, methods and critiques of feminism to the study of the human environment, society and geographical space. ... Historical Geography is the study of the: Human Physical Fictional Theoretical and Real geographies of the past. ... Political geography is a field of human geography that is concerned with politics. ... Physical map of the Earth (Medium) (Large 2 MB) Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth. ... Social geography studies how society affects geographical features and how environmental factors affect society. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... True-color image of the Earths surface and atmosphere Physical geography (also know as geosystems or physiography) is a subfield of geography that focuses on the systematic study of patterns and processes within the hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere. ... Biogeography is the science which deals with patterns of species distribution and the processes that result in such patterns. ... Climatology is the study of climate, scientifically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of time,[1] and is a branch of the atmospheric sciences. ... Coastal geography is the study of the dynamic interface between the ocean and the land, incorporating both the physical geography(i. ... Environmental geography is the branch of geography that describes the spatial aspects of interactions between humans and the natural world. ... It has been suggested that geodetic system be merged into this article or section. ... Surface of the Earth Geomorphology is the study of landforms, including their origin and evolution, and the processes that shape them. ... Lateral moraine on a glacier joining the Gorner Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland. ... Water covers 70% of the Earths surface. ... Landscape ecology is a sub-discipline of ecology and geography that address how spatial variation in the landscape affects ecological processes such as the distribution and flow of energy, materials and individuals in the environment (which, in turn, may influence the distribution of landscape elements themselves such as hedgerows). ... Limnology is a discipline that concerns the study of inland waters (both saline and fresh), specifically lakes, ponds and rivers (both natural and manmade), including their biological, physical, chemical, and hydrological aspects. ... Thermohaline circulation Oceanography (from Ocean + Greek Î³ÏÎ¬Ï†ÎµÎ¹Î½ = write), also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth Sciences that studies the Earths oceans and seas. ... Paleogeography (sometimes spelled palaeogeography) is the study of the ancient geologic environments of the Earths surface as preserved in the stratigraphic record. ... Pedology has the following meanings Pedology (soil study) and Pedology (children study) This is a disambiguation page â€” a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...
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