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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). He taught geography at Yale (1907–1915) and from 1917 was a research associate there, devoting his time chiefly to climatic and anthropogeographic studies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ellsworth Huntington is the 67th most popular geographer (up from 73rd in 2019), the 6,520th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,256th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 67 out of 86. Before him are Anton Friedrich Büsching, Vaclav Smil, Torsten Hägerstrand, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani, Richard Hartshorne, and Doreen Massey. After him are John Walter Gregory, Curt von François, Aaron Arrowsmith, Nicolas de Fer, Ellen Churchill Semple, and Carl O. Sauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 149. Before him are Flora Sandes, William Wain Prior, John Mulcahy, Hippolyte Aucouturier, Olav Duun, and Walter Burley Griffin. After him are Safiya Zaghloul, Gwen John, Stan Rowley, Harriet Brooks, Alaiza Pashkevich, and Thomas Madsen-Mygdal. Among people deceased in 1947, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 156. Before him are Eugène Lanti, Amadeo García, Martin Klein, George Henry Peters, Walter Kaufmann, and Max Dessoir. After him are Martin Mutschmann, Georg Schnéevoigt, Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena, Ture Rangström, Albert Bruce Jackson, and Jean-Richard Bloch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 6,521 out of 20,380. Before him are Herman Daly (1938), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Christopher McDonald (1955), Young Thug (1991), Wilson Greatbatch (1919), and Irving Wallace (1916). After him are Marlon Wayans (1972), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Mark Moses (1958), Bobby Bland (1930), Marie Colvin (1956), and Glenn Hardin (1910).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United States

Among geographers born in United States, Ellsworth Huntington ranks 4. Before him are William Morris Davis (1850), Marie Tharp (1920), and Richard Hartshorne (1899). After him are Ellen Churchill Semple (1863), Carl O. Sauer (1889), and Henry Schoolcraft (1793).

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