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19th-century geographers

74 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Aaro HellaakoskiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Aaro Hellaakoski in 1913
Adolf Erik NordenskiöldAuthor · Maps and atlasesNils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (18 November 183212 August 1901) was a Finland-Swedish aristocrat, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer.
Alberto Maria De AgostiniAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlberto Maria de Agostini (2 November 1883 – 25 December 1960) was an Italian missionary priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco, born in Pollone, Piedmont, who worked as a mountaineer,…
Alexander Georg SupanAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexander Georg Supan (3 March 1847 − 7 July 1920) was an Austrian geographer.
Alexander Keith JohnstonAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexander Keith Johnston FRSE FRGS FGS FEGS LLD (died 9 July 1871) was a Scottish geographer and cartographer.
Alexander RadóAuthor · Maps and atlases
Alexandre VuilleminAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Map of Indre et Loire Department from Vuillemin's 1858 edition of La France et ses Colonies, showing his typically detailed and decorative margins.
Alfons GabrielAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlfons Gabriel (1894–1976) was an Austrian geographer, explorer and travel writer who made several trips to the deserts of Iran, in 1927, 1928, 1933, and 1937.
Blasius KozennAuthor · Maps and atlasesBlasius Kozenn (Blaž Kocen; 24 January 182129 May 1871) was a Slovenian geographer and cartographer. He has occasionally been misidentified as Slovak.
Carlos Viegas Gago CoutinhoAuthor · Maps and atlasesCarlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, GCTE, GCC (17 February 1869 – 18 February 1959), generally known simply as Gago Coutinho, was a Portuguese geographer, cartographer, naval officer, historian…
Cesare BattistiAuthor · BooksCesare Battisti was an Italian journalist, geographer, writer, politician and historian (1875–1916). He was born in Trento.
Charles William WilsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Daniel Coit GilmanAuthor · BooksDaniel Coit Gilman (July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic.
David LivingstoneAuthor · BooksDavid Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish doctor, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa.
Élie ReclusAuthor · BooksÉlie Reclus (lang; July 16, 1827 – February 11, 1904) was a French ethnographer and anarchist.
Eliza Ruhamah ScidmoreAuthor · BooksEarly proponent of planting Japanese cherry trees in Washington, D.C.
Emil von SydowAuthor · Maps and atlasesEmil von Sydow (15 July 1812 – 13 October 1873) was a German military officer, geographer and cartographer born in Freiberg, Saxony.
Eugène MageAuthor · BooksEugène Abdon Mage (30 July 1837 – 19 December 1869) was a French naval officer and explorer of Africa.
Francis GaltonPhotographer · PhotographySir Francis Galton (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era;
Francis YounghusbandAuthor · BooksLieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (31 May 1863 – 31 July 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer.
Frank DebenhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesFrank Debenham, OBE (26 December 1883 – 23 November 1965) was Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, Cambridge University and first director of the Scott Polar…
George Mercer DawsonAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorge Mercer Dawson (August 1, 1849 – March 2, 1901) was a Canadian geologist and surveyor.
Gerald Lenox ConynghamAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gerald Lenox-Conyngham c.1920
Gregor von HelmersenAuthor · Maps and atlasesGregor von Helmersen or Grigory Petrovich Helmersen (–) was a Baltic German geologist.
Guillaume de JerphanionPhotographer · PhotographyGuillaume de Jerphanion, born in Pontevès in 1877, died in Rome on 22 October 1948, was a French Jesuit, archaeologist and explorer of Cappadocia.
Hans MeyerAuthor · Maps and atlasesHans Heinrich Josef Meyer (22 March 1858 – 5 July 1929) was a German geographer from Hildburghausen, who was the son of publisher Herrmann Julius Meyer (1826–1909).
Heinrich BarthAuthor · BooksJohann Heinrich Barth (lang; 16 February 1821 – 25 November 1865) was a German explorer of Africa and scholar.
Heinrich KiepertAuthor · Maps and atlasesHeinrich Kiepert (July 31, 1818 – April 21, 1899) was a German geographer.
Henrik MohnAuthor · BooksHenrik Mohn (15 May 1835 – 12 September 1916) was a Norwegian astronomer and meteorologist.
Henry YuleAuthor · BooksColonel Sir Henry Yule (1 May 1820 – 30 December 1889) was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer.
Herbert FordhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesSir Herbert George Fordham (9 May 1854 – 1929), was a British writer on cartography whose Carto-Bibliography method of cataloging maps was widely adopted.
Hermann AllmersAuthor · BooksHermann Allmers (11 February 1821, Rechtenfleth – 9 March 1902) was a German poet.
Hermann BurmeisterAuthor · BooksKarl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (also known as Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister) (15 January 1807 – 2 May 1892) was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botanist, and…
Hermann von RosenbergAuthor · Maps and atlasesHermann Karl Benjamin von Rosenberg (April 7, 1817 – November 15, 1888) was a German naturalist born in Darmstadt.
Hermann WagnerAuthor · Maps and atlasesHermann Wagner (23 June 1840 – 18 June 1929) was a German geographer and cartographer who was a native of Erlangen.
Hubert WilkinsPhotographer · PhotographySir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 188830 November 1958), commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer,…
Isabella BirdPhotographer · PhotographyIsabella Bird is recorded as having received Colorado Women's Hall of Fame and Fellow of t
Johannes François SnellemanPhotographer · PhotographyJohannes François Snelleman (26 December 1852 – 18 May 1938) was a Dutch zoologist, orientalist, ethnographer and museum director. He was a son of Christiaan Snelleman and Sara Lacombe.
John Francon WilliamsAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Francon Williams FRGS (1854 – 4 September 1911) was a British writer, geographer, historian, journalist, cartographer, and inventor, born in Llanllechid, Caernarvonshire.
John PalliserAuthor · BooksJohn Palliser (29 January 1817 – 18 August 1887) was an Irish-born geographer and explorer.
John ThomsonPhotographer · PhotographyJohn Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller.
John WashingtonAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Washington FRGS (1 January 1800 – 16 September 1863) was an officer of the Royal Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, and a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society of London.
Karl HaushoferAuthor · BooksKarl Ernst Haushofer (27 August 1869 – 10 March 1946) was a German general, professor, geographer, and diplomat.
Karl KořistkaAuthor · Maps and atlasesKarl Kořistka (also Carl Kořistka, Karel Kořistka; 7 February 1825 – 18 January 1906) was a Czech geographer, cartographer, mathematician and professor.
Karl Wilhelm Ludwig MüllerAuthor · Maps and atlasesKarl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller (Carolus Müllerus; 13 February 1813 in Clausthal – 1894 in Göttingen) was a German philologist and historian, best known for his Didot editions of fragmentary…
Leo BagrowAuthor · Maps and atlasesLeo Bagrow (born Lev Semenovich Bagrov; 6 July 1881 – 10 August 1957) was a Russian-born historian of cartography, founder of the journal Imago Mundi.
Leonard ChodźkoAuthor · Maps and atlasesLeonard Borejko Chodźko (1800–1871) was a Polish historian, geographer, cartographer, publisher, archivist, and activist of Poland's post-November-1830-Uprising Great Emigration.
Louis Vivien de Saint-MartinAuthor · Maps and atlasesLouis Vivien, called Vivien de Saint-Martin, (17 May 1802 – 26 December 1896) was a 19th-century French geographer.
Luciano CordeiroAuthor · BooksLuciano Cordeiro (Mirandela, 21 July 1844 – Lisbon, 24 December 1900) was a Portuguese writer, historian, politician and geographer.
Marcus BakerAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Studio portrait of Marcus Baker
Matthew Fontaine MauryAuthor · Maps and atlasesMatthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 – February 1, 1873) was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American…
Natalicio GonzálezAuthor · BooksJuan Natalicio González Paredes (8 September 1897 – 6 December 1966) was a Paraguayan politician and poet who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1948 to 30 January 1949.
Octavie CoudreauAuthor · BooksMarie Octavie Coudreau (née Renard; 1867–1938) was a French explorer from Anais, Charente, and author of several books on French Guiana and northern Brazil.
Oscar BaumannAuthor · Maps and atlasesOscar Baumann (25 June 1864 in Vienna – 12 October 1899 in Vienna) was an Austrian explorer, cartographer and ethnographer.
Oscar Ferdinand PeschelAuthor · BooksOscar Ferdinand Peschel (17 March 1826, Dresden – 13 August 1875, Leipzig) was a German geographer and anthropologist.
Oskar von NiedermayerAuthor · BooksOskar Ritter von Niedermayer (8 November 1885 – 25 September 1948) was a German general, professor and a German spy.
Pavlo ChubynskyiAuthor · BooksPavlo Platonovych Chubynskyi (1839 – January 26, 1884), also anglicized as Paul Chubinsky, was a Ukrainian poet and ethnographer, best known as the author of the lyrics to the national…
Peter Andreas MunchAuthor · BooksPeter Andreas Munch (15 December 1810 – 25 May 1863), usually known as P. A. Munch, was a Norwegian historian, known for his work on the medieval history of Norway.
Peter KropotkinAuthor · BooksPyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (8February 1921) was a Russian anarchist political philosopher and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism.
Ramón Otero PedrayoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ramón Otero Pedrayo.
Richard AndreeAuthor · Maps and atlasesRichard Andree (26 February 1835 – 22 February 1912) was a German geographer and cartographer, noted for devoting himself especially to ethnographic studies.
Roland BonapartePhotographer · PhotographyRoland Napoléon Bonaparte, 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano (19 May 1858 – 14 April 1924) was a French prince and president of the Société de Géographie from 1910 until his death.
Sven HedinIllustrator · IllustrationSven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952) was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works.
Vladimir A. ObruchevAuthor · BooksVladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev (October 10 1863 – June 19, 1956) was a Russian and Soviet geologist who specialized in the study of Siberia and Central Asia.
Wincenty PolAuthor · BooksWincenty Pol (German: Vinzenz Xaver Ferrarius Poll; 20 April 1807 – 2 December 1872) was a Polish poet and geographer.
Yuly ShokalskyAuthor · Maps and atlasesYuly Mikhailovich Shokalsky (Russian: Юлий Михайлович Шокальский; October 17, 1856 in Saint Petersburg – March 26, 1940 in Leningrad) was a Russian oceanographer, cartographer, and…
Þorvaldur ThoroddsenAuthor · Maps and atlasesÞorvaldur Thoroddsen (6 June 1855 – 28 September 1921) was an Icelandic geologist and geographer.

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