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Walter Christaller

1893 - 1969

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Walter Christaller (21 April 1893 – 9 March 1969) was a German geographer whose principal contribution to the discipline is central place theory, first published in 1933. This groundbreaking theory was the foundation of the study of cities as systems of cities, rather than simple hierarchies or single entities. He was primarily concerned with the urban space and worked on the role of towns as geographic-economic units, besides analyzing the relationships between towns of the same region. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Christaller is the 5,204th most popular politician (down from 4,875th in 2019), the 1,366th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,320th in 2019) and the 395th most popular German Politician.

Walter Christaller is most famous for his Central Place Theory. This theory states that people will travel to a central place to buy goods, and that the size of a town will be determined by the size of the market it can provide for.

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Among politicians, Walter Christaller ranks 5,204 out of 19,576. Before him are Machaon, Musa of Parthia, Ibbi-Sin, Puduḫepa, Herihor, and Guðni Th. Jóhannesson. After him are Artabasdos, John II, Count of Holland, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Chilperic of Aquitaine, Stratonice of Syria, and Pothinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Walter Christaller ranks 60. Before him are Roy O. Disney, Battista Farina, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, and Erwin Piscator. After him are Raymond Loewy, Bill Tilden, Hans Scharoun, Dragiša Cvetković, Paul van Zeeland, and Wilhelm Zaisser. Among people deceased in 1969, Walter Christaller ranks 50. Before him are B. Traven, Enrique Ballestrero, René Barrientos, Itzhak Stern, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, and Li Zongren. After him are Erika Mann, Ernest Ansermet, Grażyna Bacewicz, Artur da Costa e Silva, Radivoj Korać, and Dragiša Cvetković.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Christaller ranks 1,366 out of 7,253. Before him are Oskar Morgenstern (1902), Franz Gürtner (1881), George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484), Ernst Zermelo (1871), Carl Schuhmann (1869), and Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg (1684). After him are Michel Bréal (1832), Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413), Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), Max Hoffmann (1869), Gerda Christian (1913), and Hans Baur (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Walter Christaller ranks 395. Before him are Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden (1704), Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787), Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723), Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (1447), Franz Gürtner (1881), and George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484). After him are Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413), Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Wilhelm Stuckart (1902), Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473), and Herschel Grynszpan (1921).

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