From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This list of
geographers is presented in English alphabetical
transliteration order (by
surnames).
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Hardo Aasmäe (Estonia, 1951–2014)
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Aziz Ab'Saber (Brazil, 1924–2012)
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Diogo Abreu (Portugal, born 1947)
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John Adams, (England, pre–1670–1738)
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Peter Adams (Canada, born 1936)–
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Agatharchides (Ancient Greece, 2nd c. BCE)
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Agathedaemon of Alexandria (Ancient Greece, 2nd c. CE)
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John A. Agnew (England/US, born 1949)
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Irasema Alcántara-Ayala (Mexico, born 1970)
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T. Alford-Smith (US/England, 1864–1936)
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Richard Andree (Germany, 1835–1912)
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A. W. Andrews (England, 1868–1959)
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Ash Amin (England, born 1955)
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Alypius of Antioch (Roman Empire, fl. c. 450)
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Jacques Ancel (France, 1879–1943)
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Karl Andree (Germany, 1808–1875)
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Richard Andree (Germany, 1835–1912)
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Benoît Antheaume (France, born 1946)
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Pilar Benejam Arguimbau (Spain, born 1937)
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Aaron Arrowsmith (England, 1750–1823)
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Väinö Auer (Finland, 1895–1981)
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Félix de Azara (Spain, 1742–1821)
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Zonia Baber (US, 1862–1956)
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Karl Ernst von Baer (Russia, 1792–1876)
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Robert Bailey (US, born 1939)
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Thomas Bailey (England, 1785–1856)
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Oliver Edwin Baker (US, 1883–1949)
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Abu Abdullah al-Bakri (Al-Andalus, 1014–1094)
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Adriano Balbi (Italy, 1782–1848)
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Ahmed ibn Sahl al-Balkhi (Persia, 850–934)
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Robert Balling (US, born 1952)
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Alexandre Barbié du Bocage (France, 1798-1835)
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John Barrow (England, fl. 1735–1774)
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Harlan H. Barrows (US, 1877–1960)
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Mark Bassin (US, living)
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Keith Barber (England, 1944–2017)
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John George Bartholomew (Scotland, 1860–1920)
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Ibn Battuta (Morocco, 1304–1369)
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Oscar Baumann (Austria, 1864–1899)
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Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier (France, 1917–1995)
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Anthony Bebbington (US, born 1962)
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Battista Beccario (Italy, 15th c.)
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Bertha Becker (Brazil, 1930–2013)
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Frederick William Beechey (England, 1796–1856)
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Walter Behrmann (Germany, 1882–1955)
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Charles Tilstone Beke (England, 1800–1874)
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Elena Berezovich (Russia, born 1966)
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Lev Semenovich Berg (Russia/Soviet Union, 1876–1950)
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Heinrich Berghaus (Germany, 1797–1884)
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Luiza Bialasiewicz (Poland/Netherlands, born 1971)
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Abū Rayhān Bīrūnī (Persia, 973–1048)
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Joan Blaeu (Netherlands, 1596–1673)
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Harm de Blij (US, 1935–2014)
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Franz Boas (Germany/US, 1858–1942
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Roland Bonaparte (France, 1858–1924)
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John Bowack (England, fl. 1737)
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E. G. Bowen (Wales, 1900–1983)
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Isaiah Bowman (Canada/US, 1878–1950)
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Edward William Brayley (England, 1801–1870)
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Harold Brookfield (England/Australia, born 1926)
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John Brown (England, 1797–1861)
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Conrad Malte-Brun (Denmark/France, 1775–1826)
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Sylvie Brunel (France, born 1960)
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Jean Brunhes (France, 1869–1930)
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Harriet Bulkeley (England, born 1972)
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William Bunge (US/Canada, 1928–2013)
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Cristoforo Buondelmonti (Italy, 1386 – c. 1430)
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Philip Burden (US, living)
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Richard Francis Burton (England, 1821–1890)
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Anne Buttimer (Ireland, 1938–2017)
C
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Rafael Torres Campos (Spain, 1853–1904)
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Giovanni da Carignano (Italy, c. 1250–1329)
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Ana Fani Alessandri Carlos (Brazil, living)
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Nathanael Carpenter (England, 1589 – c. 1628)
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Manuel Castells (Spain, born 1942)
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Emanuela Casti (Italy, born 1950)
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Richard Cathcart (US, born 1943)
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Nicolay de Caveri (Italy, fl. 15th–16th cc.)
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Andreas Cellarius (Germany/Netherlands, c. 1596–1665)
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Samuel de Champlain (France/Canada, 1567–1635)
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Sylvia Chant (England, 1960–2019)
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Chen Cheng-Siang Chen (China, 1922–2003)
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Elena Chiozza (Argentina, 1919–2011)
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George Chisholm (Scotland, 1850–1930)
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Richard Chorley (England, 1927–2002)
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Walter Christaller (Germany, 1893–1969)
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Georgius Chrysococcas (Greece/Persia, fl. 1340s)
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Václav Cílek (Czech Republic, born 1955)
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Claudius Clavus (Claudus Claussøn Swart, Denmark, born 1388)
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Philipp Clüver (Poland/Netherlands, 1580–1622)
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Denis Cosgrove (England, 1948–2008)
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John Antony Cramer (England, 1793–1848)
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Abraham Cresques (Spain, 1325–1387)
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George Cressey (US, 1896–1963)
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James Croll (Scotland, 1821–1890)
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Mike Crang (England, living)
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Vital Cuinet (France/Turkey, 1833–1896)
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Janel Curry (US, living)
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Sarah Curtis (England, living)
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Susan Cutter (US, born 1950)
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Jovan Cvijić (Serbia, 1865–1927)
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Patricia Daley (Jamaica, living)
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Alexander Dalrymple (Scotland, 1737–1808)
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Jack Dangermond (US, born 1945)
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Amanda Davies (Australia, living)
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William Morris Davis (US, 1850–1934)
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Frank Debenham (Australia/England, 1883–1965)
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John Dee (England, 1527–1608)
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Ruth DeFries (US, born 1957)
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Paul Vidal de la Blache (France, 1845–1918)
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Félix Delamarche (France, fl. 18th–19th cc.)
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Michael N. DeMers (US, born 1951)
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Jared Diamond (US, born 1937)
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Dicaearchus (Greece, c. 350–28 BCE)
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Peter Dicken (England, born 1938)
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Frans Dieleman (Netherlands, 1942–2005)
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Al-Dimashqi (Syria, 1256–1327)
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Abu Hanifa Dinawari (Iran, 828–896)
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Vasily V. Dokuchaev (Russian Empire, 1846–1903)
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William E. Doolittle (US, born 1947)
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Mona Domosh (US, born 1957)
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Veronica Della Dora (Italy, born 1976)
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Angelino Dulcert (Italy/Spain, 14th c.)
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John Dunkin (England, 1782–1846)
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G. H. Dury (England, 1916–1996)
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Ahmad ibn Fadlan (Iraq, 10th c.)
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Eileen Fairbairn (New Zealand, 1893–1981)
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Ghazi Falah (Canada, living)
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Abraham Farissol (Italy, c. 1451–1525 or 1526)
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Ibn al-Faqih (Persia, 10th c.)
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Filippo Ferrari (Italy, 1551–1626)
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Carlos Ferrás Sexto (Iran, fl. 902)
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Abu'l-Fida (Abulfeda) (Syria, 1273–1331)
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Louise Filion (Canada, born 1945)
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Ruth Fincher (Australia, born 1951)
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Alexander George Findlay (England, 1812–1875)
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Irene Fischer (Austria, US, 1907–2009)
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W. B. Fisher (United Kingdom, 1916–1984)
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Regina Fleszarowa (Poland, 1888–1969)
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Georges Fournier (France, 1595–1652)
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Janet Franklin (US, born 1959)
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J. Keith Fraser (Canada, born 1922)
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Gemma Frisius (Netherlands, 1508–1555)
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Lynne Frostick (England, born 1949)
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Masahisa Fujita (Japan, born 1943)
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Alfons Gabriel (Austria, 1894–1976)
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Fay Gale (Australia, 1932–2008)
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Johann Georg August Galletti (Germany, 1750–1828)
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Paul Gallez (Argentina, 1920–2007)
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Francis Galton (England, 1822–1911)
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Henry Gannett (US, 1846–1914)
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Abu Sa'id Gardezi (Iran, died 1061)
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Rita Gardner (England, born 1955)
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Alice Garnett (England, 1903–1989)
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William Garrison (US, 1924–2015)
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Artur Gavazzi (Croatia/Slovenia, 1861–1944)
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Johann Gottlieb Georgi (Germany, 1729–1802)
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Nicolaus Germanus (Germany, c. 1420 – c. 1490)
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Gerald of Wales (Wales, fl. 1310–1330)
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Ruth Wilson Gilmore (US, born 1950)
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Gim Jeong-ho (Korea, 1804 – c. 1866)
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Giuseppe Maria Giulietti (Italy, 1847–1881)
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John Alan Glennon (US, born 1970)
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John of Głogów (Poland, c. 1445–1507)
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Johann Georg Gmelin (Germany, 1709–1755)
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Johann Friedrich Goldbeck (Germany, 1748–1812)
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Reginald G. Golledge (Australia/US, 1937–2009)
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Michael Frank Goodchild (Canada/US, born 1944)
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Jean Gottman (France, 1915–1994)
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Peter Gould (US, 1932–2000)
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Derek Gregory (England/Canada, born 1951)
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Jean Grove (England, 1927–2001)
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Gu Yanwu (China, 1613–1682)
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Lev Gumilev (Russia/Soviet Union, 1912–1992)
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Arnold Henry Guyot (Switzerland/US, 1807–1884)
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Mohammad Reza Hafeznia (Iran, born 1955)
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Toni Hagen (Switzerland, 1917–2003)
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Torsten Hägerstrand (Sweden, 1916–2004)
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Peter Haggett (England, born 1933)
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Yaqut al-Hamawi (Near East, 1179–1229)
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Hamdani (Near East, 893–945)
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Susan Hanson (US, born 1943)
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John Brian Harley (England, 1932–1991)
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Cole Harris (Canada, born 1936)
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Richard Hartshorne (US, 1899–1992)
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David Harvey (US/Britain, born 1935)
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Margaret Hasluck (Scotland, 1885–1948)
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Henri Hauser (France, 1866–1946)
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Karl Haushofer (Germany, 1869–1946)
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Harriet Hawkins (England, born 1980)
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Ibn Hawqal (Near East, died after 977)
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Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) (Iraq, 965–1039)
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Zheng He (China, 1371–1433 or 1435)
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Lesley Head (Australia, living)
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John Heap (England, 1932–2006)
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Sven Hedin (Sweden, 1865–1952)
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Gamal Hemdan (Egypt, 1928–1993)
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Andrew John Herbertson (Scotland, 1865–1915)
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Robert Heron (Scotland, 1764–1807)
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Alfred Hettner (Germany, 1859–1941)
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Hipparchus (Greece, 190–120 BCE)
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Filip Hjulström (Sweden, 1092–1982)
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Jacoba Hol (Netherlands, 1886–1964)
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Thomas Holdich (England, 1843–1929)
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John Holmes (Australia, living)
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Johann Homann (Germany, 1664–1724)
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Sally P. Horn (US, living)
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J. F. Horrabin (England, 1886–1942)
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Robert E. Horton (US, 1875–1945)
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Carl Humann (Germany, 1839–1896)
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Alexander von Humboldt (Germany, 1769–1859)
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Ellsworth Huntington (US, 1876–1947)
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Thomas Hutchins (US, 1730–1789)
I
J
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Jane Jacobs (US/Canada, 1916–2006)
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Jane M. Jacobs (Australia, born 1958)
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Preston E. James (United States, 1899–1986)
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Thomas Jefferys (England, c. 1719–1771)
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Alexander Keith Johnston (Scotland, 1804–1871)
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Alexander Keith Johnston (Scotland, 1844–1879)
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Ron J. Johnston (England, 1941–2020)
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Gareth Jones (England, living)
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Kelvyn Jones (Wales/England, born 1953)
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Reece Jones (US, born 1976)
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Ibn Jubayr (Taifa of Valencia/Arabia, 1145–1217)
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Felix Philipp Kanitz (Austria-Hungary, 1829–1904)
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Mahmud al-Kashgari (Kara-Khanid Khanate, 1005–1102)
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Robert Kates (US, 1929–2018)
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Cindi Katz (US, born 1954)
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Ibn Khordadbeh (Persia, c. 820–912)
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Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (Persia, 780–850)
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Heinrich Kiepert (Germany, 1818–1899)
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Richard Kiepert (Germany, 1846–1915)
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Al-Kindi (Alkindus, Abbasid Caliphate, 801–873)
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Cuchlaine King (England, 1922–2019)
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Caroline King-Okumu (Kenya, living)
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Fred B. Kniffen (US, 1900–1993)
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Peter Knight (England, born 1947)
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Anne Kelly Knowles (US, born 1957)
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Janelle Knox-Hayes (US, living)
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Audrey Kobayashi (Canada, born 1951)
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Grigorios Konstantas (Greece, 1753–1844)
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Peter Kosler (Carniola, 1824–1879)
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Blasius Kozenn (Carniola, 1821–1871)
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Stepan Krasheninnikov (Russia, 1711–1755)
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Peter Kropotkin (Russia, 1842–1921)
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Yves Lacoste (France, born 1929)
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Joannes de Laet (Netherlands, 1581–1649) in Dutch and Latin
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William Lambton (England, c. 1753–1823)
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Marcia Langton (Australia, born 1951)
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Wendy Larner (New Zealand, living)
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Vanessa Lawrence (England, born 1962)
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Giovanni Leardo (Italy, 15th c.)
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Philippe Le Billon (Canada, living)
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Jean Le Clerc (France, c. 1560–1621/1624)
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Peirce F. Lewis (US, 1927–2018)
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Elisabeth Lichtenberger (Austria, 1925–2017)
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Diana Liverman (England, born 1954)
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Liu An (China, 177–122 BCE)
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David Livingstone (Scotland/East Africa, 1813–1873)
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Rita López de Llergo y Seoane (Mexico, 1905–1979)
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Fyodor Luzhin (Russia, died 1727)
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Halford John Mackinder (UK, 1861–1947)
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Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (Arabia, 1213–1286)
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Ahmad ibn Mājid (Arabia, born 1432)
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Conrad Malte-Brun (Denmark/France, 1775–1826)
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Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (France, 1816–1889)
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Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (Italy, 1658–1730)
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Kenneth Mason (England, 1887–1976)
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Doreen Massey (England, 1944–2016)
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Abu al-Hasan (Arabia, 896-956)
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Otto Maull (Austria/Germany, 1887–1957)
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Linda McDowell (England, born 1949)
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Katherine McKittrick (Canada, living)
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Megasthenes (Greece, c. 350 – c. 290 BCE)
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Simion Mehedinți (Romania, 1868–1962)
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Karl Eduard Meinicke (Germany, 1803–1876)
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D. W. Meinig (US, born 1928)
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August Meitzen (Germany 1822–1910)
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Anton Melik (Slovenia, 1890–1966)
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Josefina Gómez Mendoza (Spain, born 1942)
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Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt (Germany/Russia, 1685–1735)
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Alfred Merz (US, born 1924)
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Nick Middleton (England, born 1960)
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Don Mitchell (US, born 1961)
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Henry Mitchell (US, 1830–1902)
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Katharyne Mitchell (US, born 1961)
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Aleksandra Monedzhikova, (Bulgaria, 1889–1959)
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Janice Monk (Australia, born 1937)
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Mark Monmonier (US, born 1943)
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Elina González Acha de Correa Morales (Spain, 1861–1942)
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Jedidiah Morse (US, 1761–1826)
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Michael Mortimore (England, 1937–2017)
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William G. Moseley (US, born 1965)
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Al-Muqaddasi (Jerusalem/Fatimid Caliphate, c. 945–1000)
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Hamdallah Mustawfi (Persia, 1281–1349)
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Diego de Pantoja (Spain/Macau, 1571–1618)
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Xoán Paredes (Spain/Ireland, born 1975)
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Joseph Partsch (Germany, 1851–1925)
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Martin J. Pasqualetti (US, living)
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Patrick Geddes (Scotland, 1854–1932)
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Pausanias (Greece, fl. c. 150)
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Ceri Peach (Wales, 1939–2018)
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Albrecht Penck (Germany, 1858–1945)
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Walther Penck (Germany, 1888–1923)
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Jocelyne Pérard (France, born 1940)
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Nikolai Petrusevich (Russia, 1838–1880)
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Daniel Philippidis (Greece, c. 1750–1832)
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Chris Philo (England/Scotland, born 1960)
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Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano (Italy, 14th c.)
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Marco Polo (Italy, 1254–1324)
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Posidonius (Greece, 135–51 BCE)
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Alice Poulleau (France, 1885–1960)
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Allan Pred (US, 1936–2007)
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John Robert Victor Prescott (England/Australia, 1931–2018)
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Nikolai Przhevalsky (Russia, 1839–1888)
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Pseudo-Scymnus (Greece, c. 100 BCE)
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Ptolemy (Roman Egypt, c. 85–165)
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Denise Pumain (France, born 1946)
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Pytheas (Greece, fl. c. 360 BCE)
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Sarah A. Radcliffe (England, living)
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Friedrich Ratzel (Germany, 1844–1904)
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Amin Razi (Persia, 16th century)
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Élisée Reclus (France, 1830–1905)
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Judith Rees (England, born 1944)
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Edward Ayearst Reeves (Britain, 1862–1945)
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Piri Reis (Turkey, 1465–1554)
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James Rennell (England, 1742–1830)
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Ebenezer Rhodes (England, 1762–1839)
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Orlando Ribeiro (Portugal, 1911–1997)
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Ferdinand Baron Von Richthofen (19th century)
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Tristram Risdon (England, c. 1580–1640)
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Carl Ritter (Germany, 1779–1859)
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Arthur H. Robinson (US, 1915–2004)
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Edward Robinson (US, 1894–1963)
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Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle (France, 1762–1849)
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Joseph Rock (Austria/US, 1884–1962)
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Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (Germany, 1831–1896)
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Bernard Romans (Netherlands, 1741–1784)
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Albrecht Roscher (Germany, 1836–1860)
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Gillian Rose (England, born 1962)
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Thomas E. Ross (US, born 1942)
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William Roy (Scotland, 1726–1790)
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Ibn Rushd (Averroes, 1126–1198)
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Ibn Rustah (Persia, died 903 CE)
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David Sadler (England, born 1960)
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Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin (France, 1802–1896)
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Luis García Sáinz (Spain, 1894–1965)
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Milton Santos (Brazil, 1926–2001)
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Saskia Sassen (US, born 1947)
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Carl Sauer (US, 1889–1975)
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Fred K. Schaefer (Germany/US, 1904–1953)
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Henry Schoolcraft (US, 1793–1864)
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Leopold von Schrenck (Russia, 1826–1894)
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Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz (Germany/Russia, 1822–1894)
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Allen J. Scott (US, born 1938)
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Scymnus of Chios (Greece, fl. c. 185 BCE)
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Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky (Russia, 1827–1914)
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Ellen Churchill Semple (US, 1863–1932)
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Karen Seto (US, living)
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Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton (England, 1911–1994)
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Shen Kuo (沈括, China, 1031–1095)
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Yuly Shokalsky (Russia/Soviet Union, 1856–1940)
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Ibn Sina (Persia, 980–1037)
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Paul Allen Siple (US, 1908–1968)
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Andrew Sluyter (US, born 1958)
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Barry Smit (Canada, born 1948)
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George Smith (Scotland, 1833–1919)
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Neil Smith (Scotland/US, 1954–2012)
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Richard G. Smith (England/Wales, living)
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Susan J. Smith (England, born 1956)
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Edward Soja (US, 1940–2015)
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Pavle Solarić (Slavonia, 1779–1821)
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Guillem Soler (Spain, fl. 1380s)
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Su Song (蘇頌, China, 1020–1101)
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Nikolai Spathari (Moldavia/Russia, 1636–1708)
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Oskar Spate (England/Australia, 1911–2000)
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John Hanning Speke (England, 1827–1864)
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Alison Stenning (England, living)
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Evelyn Stokes (New Zealand, 1936–2005)
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Strabo (Roman Empire, Greece, c. 63/64 – c. 24 BCE)
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Andres Tarand (Estonia, born 1940)
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Pierre Tardi (France, 1897–1972)
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Ralph Stockman Tarr (US, 1864–1912)
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Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor (England, 1879–1966)
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Peter J. Taylor (England, born 1944)
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Nigel Thrift (England, born 1949)
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Johann Heinrich von Thünen (Germany, 1783–1850)
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Joy Tivy (Ireland/Scotland, 1924–1995)
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Waldo R. Tobler (US, 1930–2018)
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Wilhelm Tomaschek (Austrian Empire, 1841–1901)
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Roger Tomlinson (England, 1933–2014)
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George Trebeck (England/India, 1800–1825)
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Emil Trinkler (Germany, 1896–1931)
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Carl Troll (Germany, 1899–1975)
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Aadel Brun Tschudi (Norway, 1909–1980)
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Yi-Fu Tuan (段義孚, US/China, born 1930)
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Billie Lee Turner II (US, born 1945)
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Marinos of Tyre (Greece, c. 70–130 CE)
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Alfred Russel Wallace (England, 1823–1913)
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Ibn al-Wardi (Arabia, 1291/1292–1348/1349)
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Michael Watts (England, born 1951)
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Bradford Washburn (US, 1910–2007)
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Alfred Weber (Germany, 1868–1958)
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Alfred Lothar Wegener (Germany, 1911–2006)
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Johannes Werner (Germany, 1468–1522)
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Sarah Whatmore (England, born 1959)
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Gilbert F. White (US, 1911–2006)
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Emma Willard (US, 1787–1870)
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John Francon Williams FRGS (Wales, 1854–1911)
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Alan Wilson (England, born 1939)
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Charles W. J. Withers (Scotland, born 1954)
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Jennifer Wolch (US, living)
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Denis Wood (US, born 1945)
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David Woodward (US, 1942–2004)
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Fanny Bullock Workman (US, 1859–1925))
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Dawn Wright (US, born 1961)
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John Kirtland Wright (US, 1891–1969)
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See also