Halford Mackinder

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geographer geopolitician human mountaineer political geographer

Halford Mackinder was a British geographer and mountaineer best known as a founding figure of geopolitics and for his influential "Heartland Theory" on global strategic power.

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Halford Mackinder canonical 4
Halford John Mackinder 1
Mackinder 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographer ⓘ
geopolitician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mountaineer ⓘ
political geographer ⓘ
awardReceived Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal ⓘ
surface form: Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Medal
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1861-02-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1947-03-06 ⓘ
describedBySource Democratic Ideals and Reality (1919 book) ⓘ
The Geographical Pivot of History ⓘ
surface form: The Geographical Pivot of History (1904 article)
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
employer London School of Economics ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
familyName Halford Mackinder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mackinder
fieldOfWork geography ⓘ
geopolitics ⓘ
political geography ⓘ
givenName Halford ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline human geography ⓘ
political science ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Sir ⓘ
influenced geopolitical thought in the 20th century ⓘ
strategic studies ⓘ
influencedBy imperial strategic concerns of the British Empire ⓘ
knownFor formulation of Heartland Theory ⓘ
founding figure of geopolitics ⓘ
theory of global strategic power based on Eurasian Heartland ⓘ
memberOf Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableAchievement led one of the first mountaineering ascents of Mount Kenya ⓘ
notableWork Democratic Ideals and Reality ⓘ
Heartland Theory ⓘ
The Geographical Pivot of History ⓘ
occupation academic ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
mountaineer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gainsborough ⓘ
surface form: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
placeOfDeath Bournemouth ⓘ
surface form: Bournemouth, England
positionHeld Chair of Geography at the University of Oxford ⓘ
Director of the London School of Economics ⓘ
MP for a constituency in Glasgow ⓘ
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
theory Heartland Theory ⓘ

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Mount Kenya → firstAscentBy → Halford Mackinder ⓘ
Batian → firstAscentBy → Halford Mackinder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Halford John Mackinder
Halford Mackinder → familyName → Halford Mackinder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mackinder
RGS → formerPresident → Halford Mackinder ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Geographical Society
Founders’ Medal → hasNotableRecipient → Halford Mackinder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Halford Mackinder
Victoria Medal → hasNotableRecipient → Halford Mackinder ⓘ
Back Award → hasRecipient → Halford Mackinder ⓘ