<Ul> <Li> Eratosthenes ( 276BC -- 194BC ) -- calculated the size of the Earth . </Li> <Li> Strabo ( 64 / 63 BC -- ca . AD 24 ) -- wrote Geographica , one of the first books outlining the study of geography . </Li> <Li> Ptolemy ( c. 90 -- c. 168 ) -- compiled Greek and Roman knowledge into the book Geographia . </Li> <Li> Al Idrisi ( Arabic : أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي ; Latin : Dreses ) ( 1100 -- 1165 / 66 ) -- author of Nuzhatul Mushtaq . </Li> <Li> Gerardus Mercator ( 1512 -- 1594 ) -- innovative cartographer produced the mercator projection </Li> <Li> Alexander von Humboldt ( 1769 -- 1859 ) -- Considered Father of modern geography , published the Kosmos and founder of the sub-field biogeography . </Li> <Li> Carl Ritter ( 1779 -- 1859 ) -- Considered Father of modern geography . Occupied the first chair of geography at Berlin University . </Li> <Li> Arnold Henry Guyot ( 1807 -- 1884 ) -- noted the structure of glaciers and advanced understanding in glacier motion , especially in fast ice flow . </Li> <Li> William Morris Davis ( 1850 -- 1934 ) -- father of American geography and developer of the cycle of erosion . </Li> <Li> Paul Vidal de la Blache ( 1845 -- 1918 ) -- founder of the French school of geopolitics and wrote the principles of human geography . </Li> <Li> Sir Halford John Mackinder ( 1861 -- 1947 ) -- Co-founder of the LSE , Geographical Association </Li> <Li> Ellen Churchill Semple ( 1863 -- 1932 ) -- She was America 's first influential female geographer . </Li> <Li> Carl O. Sauer ( 1889 -- 1975 ) -- Prominent cultural geographer </Li> <Li> Walter Christaller ( 1893 -- 1969 ) -- human geographer and inventor of Central place theory . </Li> <Li> Yi - Fu Tuan ( born 1930 ) -- Chinese - American scholar credited with starting Humanistic Geography as a discipline . </Li> <Li> Karl W. Butzer ( 1934 -- 2016 ) -- An influential German - American geographer , cultural ecologist and environmental archaeologist . </Li> <Li> David Harvey ( born 1935 ) -- Marxist geographer and author of theories on spatial and urban geography , winner of the Vautrin Lud Prize . </Li> <Li> Edward Soja ( 1941 -- 2015 ) -- Noted for his work on regional development , planning and governance along with coining the terms Synekism and Postmetropolis , winner of the Vautrin Lud Prize . </Li> <Li> Michael Frank Goodchild ( born 1944 ) -- prominent GIS scholar and winner of the RGS founder 's medal in 2003 . </Li> <Li> Doreen Massey ( 1944 -- 2016 ) -- Key scholar in the space and places of globalization and its pluralities , winner of the Vautrin Lud Prize . </Li> <Li> Nigel Thrift ( born 1949 ) -- originator of non-representational theory . </Li> </Ul>
<Ul> <Li> Eratosthenes ( 276BC -- 194BC ) -- calculated the size of the Earth . </Li> <Li> Strabo ( 64 / 63 BC -- ca . AD 24 ) -- wrote Geographica , one of the first books outlining the study of geography . </Li> <Li> Ptolemy ( c. 90 -- c. 168 ) -- compiled Greek and Roman knowledge into the book Geographia . </Li> <Li> Al Idrisi ( Arabic : أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي ; Latin : Dreses ) ( 1100 -- 1165 / 66 ) -- author of Nuzhatul Mushtaq . </Li> <Li> Gerardus Mercator ( 1512 -- 1594 ) -- innovative cartographer produced the mercator projection </Li> <Li> Alexander von Humboldt ( 1769 -- 1859 ) -- Considered Father of modern geography , published the Kosmos and founder of the sub-field biogeography . </Li> <Li> Carl Ritter ( 1779 -- 1859 ) -- Considered Father of modern geography . Occupied the first chair of geography at Berlin University . </Li> <Li> Arnold Henry Guyot ( 1807 -- 1884 ) -- noted the structure of glaciers and advanced understanding in glacier motion , especially in fast ice flow . </Li> <Li> William Morris Davis ( 1850 -- 1934 ) -- father of American geography and developer of the cycle of erosion . </Li> <Li> Paul Vidal de la Blache ( 1845 -- 1918 ) -- founder of the French school of geopolitics and wrote the principles of human geography . </Li> <Li> Sir Halford John Mackinder ( 1861 -- 1947 ) -- Co-founder of the LSE , Geographical Association </Li> <Li> Ellen Churchill Semple ( 1863 -- 1932 ) -- She was America 's first influential female geographer . </Li> <Li> Carl O. Sauer ( 1889 -- 1975 ) -- Prominent cultural geographer </Li> <Li> Walter Christaller ( 1893 -- 1969 ) -- human geographer and inventor of Central place theory . </Li> <Li> Yi - Fu Tuan ( born 1930 ) -- Chinese - American scholar credited with starting Humanistic Geography as a discipline . </Li> <Li> Karl W. Butzer ( 1934 -- 2016 ) -- An influential German - American geographer , cultural ecologist and environmental archaeologist . </Li> <Li> David Harvey ( born 1935 ) -- Marxist geographer and author of theories on spatial and urban geography , winner of the Vautrin Lud Prize . </Li> <Li> Edward Soja ( 1941 -- 2015 ) -- Noted for his work on regional development , planning and governance along with coining the terms Synekism and Postmetropolis , winner of the Vautrin Lud Prize . </Li> <Li> Michael Frank Goodchild ( born 1944 ) -- prominent GIS scholar and winner of the RGS founder 's medal in 2003 . </Li> <Li> Doreen Massey ( 1944 -- 2016 ) -- Key scholar in the space and places of globalization and its pluralities , winner of the Vautrin Lud Prize . </Li> <Li> Nigel Thrift ( born 1949 ) -- originator of non-representational theory . </Li> </Ul>
who is known as the founder of modern geography
who is known as the founder of modern geography
Alexander von Humboldt Carl Ritter
Alexander von Humboldt Carl Ritter