Carl Ritter

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Carl Ritter was a pioneering 19th-century German geographer often regarded as one of the founders of modern geographical science.

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instanceOf academic
geographer
human
university teacher
burialPlace Berlin
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1779-08-07
dateOfDeath 1859-09-28
describedAs one of the founders of modern geography
developedConcept teleological view of geography
educatedAt Francke Foundations
surface form: Francke Foundations in Halle
employer Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin
era 19th century
familyName Ritter
fieldOfWork geography
historical geography
regional geography
givenName Carl
hasAcademicDiscipline human geography
physical geography
honorificName founder of modern geographical science
influenced Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Ratzel
influencedBy Immanuel Kant
Johann Gottfried Herder
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Berlin Geographical Society
Prussian Academy of Sciences
movement modern geography
name Carl Ritter self-link
nativeLanguage German
notableFor founding modern geographical science
systematic regional studies
notableWork Die Erdkunde im Verhältniss zur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen
occupation geographer
professor
placeOfBirth Electorate of Saxony
Quedlinburg
placeOfDeath Berlin
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
positionHeld professor of geography
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
sexOrGender male
spouse Luise von Willich
studied relationship between humans and environment
workLocation Berlin

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Mount Ritter namedAfter Carl Ritter
Carl Ritter name Carl Ritter self-link
Ritter summit namedAfter Carl Ritter