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Geographers

Explore the lives and contributions of prominent geographers throughout history, from ancient cartographers to modern-day explorers. Get insights into their discoveries, theories, and how they shaped our understanding of the world.

Friedrich Wilhelm Sievers Friedrich Wilhelm Sievers
Germany
German geographer, regional specialist, traveler, professor of geography
Georgiy Vysotskiy Georgiy Vysotskiy
Ukraine
Russian soil scientist, forestry specialist, geobotanist and geographer
Dmitriy Anychin Dmitriy Anychin
Russia
Soviet anthropologist, geographer, ethnographer and archaeologist
Adolf Bastian Adolf Bastian
Germany
German ethnologist
Knud Rasmussen Knud Rasmussen
Denmark
Danish ethnographer and explorer of Greenland and Arctic America.
William Bunge William Bunge
USA
American geographer
David Harvey David Harvey
USA
Anglo-American geographer, representative of the school of spatial analysis, then one of the founders of the so-called. "radical geography".
Torsten Hagerstrand Torsten Hagerstrand
Sweden
Swedish geographer
Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky
Russia
Russian geographer, statistician, head of the Russian Geographical Society
Sven Hedin Sven Hedin
Sweden
Swedish traveler, geographer, journalist and writer.
Derek Gregory Derek Gregory
Great Britain
British geographer.
Ibn Hawqal Ibn Hawqal
Iraq
A 10th-century Arab geographer and traveller, originally from Baghdad
Alfred Kirchhoff Alfred Kirchhoff
Germany
German geographer.
Richard Hartshorn Richard Hartshorn
USA
American geographer, founder of behavioral geography.
Isay Guterman Isay Guterman
Soviet aeroclimatologist
Philipp Cluver Philipp Cluver
Germany
A German scholar who studied historical geography.
Yves Lacoste Yves Lacoste
France
French geographer and geopolitician
Mikhail Gotsky Mikhail Gotsky
Sea captain, Arctic explorer, PhD in Geographical Sciences
Grigoriy Grumm-Grjimaylo Grigoriy Grumm-Grjimaylo
Russia
Geographer and zoologist, explorer of Central and Middle Asia, the Far East. His name is given to: a pass on Sikhote-Alin, one of the glaciers he discovered in the Pamirs and a glacier on the Bogdo-Ula massif
Emil von Sydow Emil von Sydow
Germany
German geographer and cartographer
Heinrich Glarean Heinrich Glarean
Sweden
Swiss humanist, music theorist, geographer, historian, philologist, mathematician
Vasil Kynchev Vasil Kynchev
Bulgaria
Bulgarian geographer and educator
Walter Christaller Walter Christaller
Germany
German geographer, author of the theory of central places
Johann Gunther Friedrich Cannabich Johann Gunther Friedrich Cannabich
Germany
German geographer.
Karl Sonklar Karl Sonklar
Austria
Austrian geographer
Vladimir Dergachev Vladimir Dergachev
Ukraine
Ukrainian geopolitician, geographer-economist, professor
Guido Ravennas Guido Ravennas
Italy
Italian geographer and historian of the early Middle Ages
Jan Rekliu Jan Rekliu
France
Famous French geographer, participant in the Paris Commune. In collaboration with other authors, he created an extensive work on world geography, translated into many languages
Petr Brounov Petr Brounov
Russian geographer and meteorologist
Alexander Zupan Alexander Zupan
Austria
Austrian geographer and meteorologist.
Paul Vidal de la Blache Paul Vidal de la Blache
France
French geographer and geopolitician.
Francis Buchanan-Hamilton Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
Great Britain
Scottish scientist
Philippe Buache Philippe Buache
France
French geographer
Shihab Al-Omari Shihab Al-Omari
Egypt
Arab scientist, geographer, historian, encyclopedist.
Vladimir Arseniev Vladimir Arseniev
Russian Soviet geographer, ethnographer and writer, explorer of the Ussuri region
Wilbur Zelinsky Wilbur Zelinsky
USA
American geographer, one of the most important representatives of cultural geography.
Maxim Bogdasarov Maxim Bogdasarov
Uzbekistan
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Geography
Adolphe Laurent Joanne Adolphe Laurent Joanne
France
French writer and geographer.
Gerhardt Mercator Gerhardt Mercator
France
Flemish cartographer
Budag Budagov Budag Budagov
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Soviet scientist, geographer, doctor of geographical sciences
Aimy Bonpland Aimy Bonpland
France
French geographer and botanist
John Glennon John Glennon
USA
American geographer and explorer specializing in cartography and description of caves and geysers.
Alfred Hettner Alfred Hettner
Germany
German geographer, main theorist and founder of the chorological scientific school
George Everest George Everest
Great Britain
English geographer and surveyor, whose name is given to the highest peak in the world
Evgeniy Lavrenko Evgeniy Lavrenko
Soviet geobotanist
Vasiliy Shuleykin Vasiliy Shuleykin
Russia
Soviet geophysicist, participant and leader of a number of oceanographic expeditions.
Karel Koristka Karel Koristka
Czech
Czech surveyor and geographer.
Otto Krummel Otto Krummel
Germany
German geographer
Carl Ortwin Sauer Carl Ortwin Sauer
USA
American geographer, founder of modern cultural geography
Pietro Coppo Pietro Coppo
Italy
Italian geographer and cartographer

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