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2 unusual facts about Carl Ritter


Carl Ritter

It was there that where he courted and married Lilli Kramer, from Duderstadt and that he wrote and published the first two volumes of his Erdkunde.

Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin

The founder Carl Ritter and the founding member Alexander von Humboldt can also be considered the founders of modern scientific geography.



see also

Carl Ritter von Ghega

Carl Ritter von Ghega or Karl von Ghega (10 January 1802 – 14 March 1860) was the designer of the Semmering Railway from Gloggnitz to Mürzzuschlag.