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Carl Ritter

1779 - 1859

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Ritter has received more than 274,548 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Carl Ritter is the 8th most popular geographer, the 211th most popular biography from Germany (up from 301st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Geographer.

Carl Ritter is most famous for being the first person to use a bicycle as a means of transportation.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Carl Ritter ranks 8 out of 86. Before him are Strabo, Alexander von Humboldt, Gerardus Mercator, Muhammad al-Idrisi, Piri Reis, and Pausanias. After him are Abraham Ortelius, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Martin Waldseemüller, Wladimir Köppen, Ya'qubi, and Georg Joachim Rheticus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Carl Ritter ranks 3. Before him are Jöns Jacob Berzelius, and Mustafa IV. After him are Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Elizabeth Alexeievna, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Thomas Moore, Giovanni Battista Bugatti, and Abd al-Rahman of Morocco. Among people deceased in 1859, Carl Ritter ranks 6. Before him are Alexander von Humboldt, Klemens von Metternich, Alexis de Tocqueville, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, and Oscar I of Sweden. After him are John Vianney, Wilhelm Grimm, Josip Jelačić, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Washington Irving, and Bettina von Arnim.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Ritter ranks 211 out of 7,253. Before him are Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Nelly Sachs (1891), Karl Liebknecht (1871), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), and Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800). After him are Werner von Siemens (1816), Pope Clement II (1005), Edith Stein (1891), Albert, Prince Consort (1819), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), and Ludwig Erhard (1897).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Germany

Among geographers born in Germany, Carl Ritter ranks 2. Before him are Alexander von Humboldt (1769). After him are Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Sebastian Münster (1488), Albrecht Penck (1858), Alfred Hettner (1859), Johann Georg Gmelin (1709), Hans Meyer (1858), August Heinrich Petermann (1822), Peter Schenk the Elder (1660), Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724), and Adolf Stieler (1775).

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