German geographer and ethnographer (1844–1904)
Friedrich Ratzel was a German geographer and ethnographer whose ideas about how geography shapes societies and nations significantly influenced geographical thinking in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work matters because his concepts became foundational to modern geography, though some of his ideas were later misused to support nationalist and racist ideologies.
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Friedrich Ratzel ( German pronunciation: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʁatsl̩]; 30 August 1844 – 9 August 1904) was a German geographer and ethnographer, notable for first using the term Lebensraum (lit. 'living space') in the sense that the National Socialists later would.
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