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GEOGRAPHER

Ellsworth Huntington

1876 - 1947

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Ellsworth Huntington (September 16, 1876 – October 17, 1947) was a professor of geography at Yale University during the early 20th century, known for his studies on environmental determinism/climatic determinism, economic growth, and economic geography. He served as president of the Ecological Society of America in 1917, the Association of American Geographers in 1923 and president of the board of directors of the American Eugenics Society from 1934 to 1938. He taught at Euphrates College, Turkey (1897–1901); accompanied the Pumpelly (1903) and Barrett (1905–1906) expeditions to central Asia; and wrote of his Asian experiences in Explorations in Turkestan (1905) and The Pulse of Asia (1907). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellsworth Huntington has received more than 101,198 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ellsworth Huntington is the 66th most popular geographer (down from 59th in 2019), the 6,762nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,610th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 66 out of 67. Before him are Adolf Stieler, Torsten Hägerstrand, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Doreen Massey, John Walter Gregory, and Curt von François. After him are Carl O. Sauer, Yuly Shokalsky, Herman Moll, Johannes Gabriel Granö, Arnold Henry Guyot, and John Speed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 151. Before him are Stepan Erzia, Flora Sandes, Violet Gibson, G. M. Trevelyan, Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, and Alexandre Tuffère. After him are Alexandros Papanastasiou, Havergal Brian, Carl Enckell, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Virginia Bolten, and Mariam Thresia Chiramel. Among people deceased in 1947, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 154. Before him are Riichi Yokomitsu, José Pardo y Barreda, Tefta Tashko-Koço, Frederick Russell Burnham, Amadeo García, and Annie S. D. Maunder. After him are George Henry Peters, Nikolai Chebotaryov, Simon Janashia, Gilbert Bougnol, Miguel Abadía Méndez, and Yngvar Bryn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 6,762 out of 18,182. Before him are Frank Oppenheimer (1912), Tony Carey (1953), Ken Carpenter (1913), Celia Weston (1951), George O'Brien (1899), and Alan Tudyk (1971). After him are Dell Hymes (1927), Tom McCarthy (1966), Dennis Russell Davies (1944), Michael Brandon (1945), Skip James (1902), and George Underwood (1884).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United States

Among geographers born in United States, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 5. Before him are William Morris Davis (1850), Marie Tharp (1920), Richard Hartshorne (1899), and Ellen Churchill Semple (1863). After him are Carl O. Sauer (1889) and Henry Schoolcraft (1793).

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