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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. She is most closely associated with work in anthropogeography and environmentalism, and the debate about "environmental determinism". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ellen Churchill Semple is the 72nd most popular geographer (down from 67th in 2019), the 7,512th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,502nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ellen Churchill Semple ranks 72 out of 86. Before her are Doreen Massey, Ellsworth Huntington, John Walter Gregory, Curt von François, Aaron Arrowsmith, and Nicolas de Fer. After her are Carl O. Sauer, Arnold Henry Guyot, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Yuly Shokalsky, Richard Andree, and Peter Schenk the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Ellen Churchill Semple ranks 142. Before her are Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Aleksandr Golovin, Sergey Oldenburg, Peider Lansel, André Blondel, and W. W. Jacobs. After her are Bob Fitzsimmons, Georg Marco, João Pinheiro Chagas, Camille Erlanger, Marguerite Audoux, and Edgar Syers. Among people deceased in 1932, Ellen Churchill Semple ranks 118. Before her are Väinö Siikaniemi, Pritilata Waddedar, Charles Wallace Richmond, Edgard Colle, Frantz Reichel, and Kliment Boyadzhiev. After her are René Bazin, László Lukács, Francisco Lagos Cházaro, Hermanis Matisons, Julieta Lanteri, and Giuseppe Vitali.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen Churchill Semple ranks 7,514 out of 20,380. Before her are Bebe Neuwirth (1958), Robert Lowell (1917), Frederic Remington (1861), Karl Lashley (1890), Shirley Verrett (1931), and Aaron Norris (1951). After her are Mario Segale (1934), Harold Gould (1923), Diana Muldaur (1938), Emmett Toppino (1909), Giuseppe Enrici (1896), and Wilford Woodruff (1807).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United States

Among geographers born in United States, Ellen Churchill Semple ranks 5. Before her are William Morris Davis (1850), Marie Tharp (1920), Richard Hartshorne (1899), and Ellsworth Huntington (1876). After her are Carl O. Sauer (1889), and Henry Schoolcraft (1793).

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