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Halford Mackinder

1861 - 1947

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Sir Halford John Mackinder (15 February 1861 – 6 March 1947) was a British geographer, academic and politician, who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of both geopolitics and geostrategy. He was the first Principal of University Extension College, Reading (which became the University of Reading) from 1892 to 1903, and Director of the London School of Economics from 1903 to 1908. While continuing his academic career part-time, he was also the Conservative and Unionist Member of Parliament for Glasgow Camlachie from 1910 to 1922. From 1923, he was Professor of Geography at the London School of Economics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Halford Mackinder is the 1,750th most popular politician (down from 1,486th in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 329th in 2019) and the 97th most popular British Politician.

Halford Mackinder was a geographer who is most famous for his theory of the Heartland. He believed that the most important geopolitical region in the world was the Heartland, which is the center of Eurasia.

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Among politicians, Halford Mackinder ranks 1,750 out of 19,576. Before him are Herod Archelaus, Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Constantius III, Arif Alvi, and Arghun. After him are Conradin, Alcide De Gasperi, Anna Jagiellon, Inge I of Norway, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and Hiero II of Syracuse.

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Among people born in 1861, Halford Mackinder ranks 14. Before him are Edith Roosevelt, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Victor Horta, Georgy Lvov, Erich von Falkenhayn, and Alfred North Whitehead. After him are Aristide Maillol, Robert Bosch, José Rizal, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Among people deceased in 1947, Halford Mackinder ranks 19. Before him are Raoul Wallenberg, Pierre Bonnard, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Victor Horta, Alfred North Whitehead, and Frances Cleveland. After him are Anton Denikin, Ettore Bugatti, Aung San, Han van Meegeren, Karl Mannheim, and Ernst Lubitsch.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Halford Mackinder ranks 437 out of 8,785. Before him are John Couch Adams (1819), John Deacon (1951), Roger Williams (1603), Morrissey (1959), David Suchet (1946), and Thomas Harriot (1560). After him are John Ruskin (1819), John Buchan (1875), Arnold Bennett (1867), John Everett Millais (1829), Alexander Mackenzie (1822), and Æthelred the Unready (968).

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Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Halford Mackinder ranks 97. Before him are Ælfweard of Wessex (904), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), Nigel Farage (1964), Harthacnut (1018), Liz Truss (1975), and Roger Williams (1603). After him are John Buchan (1875), Alexander Mackenzie (1822), Æthelred the Unready (968), Richard Cromwell (1626), Llywelyn the Great (1173), and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220).

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