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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. From 1825 until his death, he occupied the first chair in geography at the University of Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Ritter is the 10th most popular geographer (down from 8th in 2019), the 413th most popular biography from Germany (down from 211th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Geographer.

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

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Carl Ritter ranks 10 out of 86. Before him are Gerardus Mercator, Muhammad al-Idrisi, Piri Reis, Pausanias, Abraham Ortelius, and Martin Waldseemüller. After him are David Harvey, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Wladimir Köppen, George Everest, 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, Elizabeth Alexeievna, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Adam Oehlenschläger, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Giovanni Battista Bugatti, and Thomas Moore. Among people deceased in 1859, Carl Ritter ranks 8. Before him are Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Klemens von Metternich, Alexis de Tocqueville, Oscar I of Sweden, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and Wilhelm Grimm. After him are Thomas De Quincey, John Vianney, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Josip Jelačić, Washington Irving, and Louis Spohr.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Ritter ranks 413 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486), Maria of Yugoslavia (1900), Hermann Fegelein (1906), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Georg von Hertling (1843), and Michael Wittmann (1914). After him are Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Franz Bopp (1791), Richard von Weizsäcker (1920), and Karl Haushofer (1869).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Germany

Among geographers born in Germany, Carl Ritter ranks 3. Before him are Alexander von Humboldt (1769), and Martin Waldseemüller (1470). After him are Sebastian Münster (1488), Johann Georg Gmelin (1709), Albrecht Penck (1858), Alfred Hettner (1859), Hans Meyer (1858), August Heinrich Petermann (1822), Adolf Stieler (1775), Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724), and Richard Andree (1835).

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