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Ellen Churchill Semple

1863 - 1932

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Ellen Churchill Semple (January 8, 1863 – May 8, 1932) was an American geographer and the first female president of the Association of American Geographers. She contributed significantly to the early development of the discipline of geography in the United States, particularly studies of human geography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellen Churchill Semple has received more than 144,918 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ellen Churchill Semple is the 67th most popular geographer (down from 59th in 2019), the 5,503rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,429th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ellen Churchill Semple ranks 67 out of 86. Before her are Torsten Hägerstrand, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Peter Schenk the Elder, John Walter Gregory, Vaclav Smil, and Nicolas de Fer. After her are Anton Friedrich Büsching, Curt von François, Adolf Stieler, Doreen Massey, Carl O. Sauer, and Ellsworth Huntington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Ellen Churchill Semple ranks 114. Before her are Arno Holz, Aleksey Krylov, Georg Marco, Hermann Obrist, Aleko Konstantinov, and Ioannis Frangoudis. After her are Jāzeps Vītols, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Anthony Hope, Aleksandr Golovin, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, and Gottlieb von Jagow. Among people deceased in 1932, Ellen Churchill Semple ranks 98. Before her are John Walter Gregory, Agha Petros, Henry M. Leland, Paul Warburg, Herbert Norkus, and Hart Crane. After her are Frederik van Eeden, Maironis, Carmen de Burgos, Lipót Baumhorn, Dora Carrington, and Stanisław Narutowicz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen Churchill Semple ranks 5,503 out of 20,380. Before her are Martha Jefferson (1748), Ishi (1860), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Virginia E. Johnson (1925), John Larroquette (1947), and Eli Roth (1972). After her are Richard Marx (1963), Lester R. Brown (1934), Conrad Aiken (1889), Holcombe Ward (1878), Earle Meadows (1913), and Charles Dvorak (1878).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United States

Among geographers born in United States, Ellen Churchill Semple ranks 4. Before her are William Morris Davis (1850), Marie Tharp (1920), and Richard Hartshorne (1899). After her are Carl O. Sauer (1889), Ellsworth Huntington (1876), and Henry Schoolcraft (1793).

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