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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 110,280 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ellsworth Huntington is the 73rd most popular geographer (down from 66th in 2019), the 7,257th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,748th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Geographer.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

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  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 73 out of 86. Before him are Ellen Churchill Semple, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Curt von François, Adolf Stieler, Doreen Massey, and Carl O. Sauer. After him are Johannes Gabriel Granö, Aaron Arrowsmith, Richard Andree, Jehuda Cresques, Yuly Shokalsky, and Guillaume Grandidier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 163. Before him are Alexandre Tuffère, Pyotr Konchalovsky, G. M. Trevelyan, Albert Bruce Jackson, Virginia Bolten, and Jacoba van Heemskerck. After him are Nellie Tayloe Ross, Gaston Peltier, Havergal Brian, H. B. Warner, Oscar Dessomville, and Ásgrímur Jónsson. Among people deceased in 1947, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 171. Before him are José Pardo y Barreda, Albert Bruce Jackson, Ossi Oswalda, Edwin Hedley, Riichi Yokomitsu, and Frank Heller. After him are August Blom, Nikolai Chebotaryov, Miguel Abadía Méndez, Erich Hecke, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Simon Janashia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 7,257 out of 20,380. Before him are Oliver Ellsworth (1745), Edith McGuire (1944), Diamanda Galás (1955), Garret Dillahunt (1964), Marco Beltrami (1966), and Buddy Hackett (1924). After him are Joyce Van Patten (1934), Alan Dean Foster (1946), Jimmy Kimmel (1967), Vic Damone (1928), Oscar Pettiford (1922), and Clyfford Still (1904).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United States

Among geographers born in United States, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 6. Before him are William Morris Davis (1850), Marie Tharp (1920), Richard Hartshorne (1899), Ellen Churchill Semple (1863), and Carl O. Sauer (1889). After him are Henry Schoolcraft (1793).

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