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Carl Ritter

German geographer1779 to 1859

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Detmar Wilhelm Soemmerring
born 1793
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg
born 1802
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Max Stirner
born 1806
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Johann Eduard Wappäus
born 1812
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Heinrich Kiepert
born 1818
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Dionys von Grün
born 1819
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Wilhelm Liebenow
born 1822
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Élisée Reclus
born 1830
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Franz Boas
born 1858

Education and career3

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undated
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
studied
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
studied
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
worked

At a glance

known as: explorer, geographer, university teacher, botanist
fields: geography
awards: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, 1853, Patron’s Medal, 1845, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class, 1857, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 1848
member of: Royal Society of London, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, from 1842, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 1855 to 1859, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
Wikipedia: in 56 languages

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Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaCarl Ritter
stated by WikidataWikidataQ29297
stated by WikidataVIAF56673426
stated by WikidataGND11860130X
stated by WikidataIdRef031759149
stated by WikidataISNI0000000121341849

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q29297,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Carl Ritter: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q29297},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Carl Ritter: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q29297