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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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- Born
- 1779-08-07
- Died
- 1859
- Works
- 68
Top works
- Eine Auswahl aus Reisetagebüchern und Briefen
- Sechs Karten von Europa
- Entwurf zu einer Karte vom ganzen Gebirgs-systeme des Himálaja nach den Quellenangaben
- Allgemeine geographische und statistische Verhältnisse in graphischer Darstellung
- Die Erdkunde im Verhältniss zur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen, oder, Allgemeine vergleichende Geographie
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,951x
- The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments
· 2009 · cited 14,214x
- Salmon provides fast and bias-aware quantification of transcript expression
· 2017 · cited 12,485x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,994x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,215x
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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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