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Carl Ritter
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German geographer (1779-1859)
Carl Ritter was a German geographer who lived from 1779 to 1859 and is considered one of the founders of modern academic geography. His work helped establish geography as a serious scientific discipline focused on understanding the relationships between people, places, and their environments.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Family name
- Ritter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Quedlinburg
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- botanist
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- geography
- Image
- Carl Ritter Litho (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
- Residence
- Kingdom of Prussia
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- Commons category
- Carl Ritter
- date of birth
- 1779-08-07
- date of death
- 1859-09-28
- name in native language
- Carl Ritter
- student
- Johann Eduard Wappäus
- writing language
- German
- Commons Creator page
- Carl Ritter
- P8168
- Steve Talley
- archives at
- Berlin State Library
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Encyclopedic overview
Lithograph by Rudolf Hoffmann (1857) Carl Ritter (August 7, 1779 – September 28, 1859) was a German geographer. Along with Alexander von Humboldt, he is considered one of the founders of modern geography, as they established it as an independent scientific discipline. From 1825 until his death, he occupied the first chair in geography at the University of Berlin.
Biography
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