Ellsworth Huntington

Ellsworth Huntington (born September 16, 1876 in Galesburg , Illinois , † October 17, 1947 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American geographer and economist .

life and work

He taught from 1897 to 1901 at the Euphrates College in Harput (near Elâzığ , Eastern Turkey), took part in the expeditions of Raphael Pumpelly (1903) and Barrett (1905-1906) to Central Asia and wrote his Asian experiences in explorations in Turkestan (1905) and The Pulse of Asia (1907). From 1907 to 1915 he taught geography at Yale University and from 1917 he was a research associate there , specializing in climatic and anthropogeographic studies. In 1916 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Huntington was known for his studies of climatic determinism, economic growth, and economic geography . He was president of the board of directors of the American Eugenics Society , the American Society of Eugenics .

His works include The Climatic Factor (1914), Civilization and Climate (1915, rev. Ed. 1924), and, with SS Visher, Climatic Changes (1922). He also wrote Principles of Human Geography (with SW Cushing, 5th ed. 1940) and Mainsprings of Civilization (1945). He is a well-known representative of climate-deterministic thinking , which in a simplistic way wants to explain social consequences primarily through climate change .

His works The Character of Races are feared in anthropological circles. As Influenced by Physical Environment, Natural Selection and Historical Development (1924) and the former Climate and Civilization .

literature

Alexander Goldenweiser : Anthropology. New York 1946
Geoffrey J. Martin: Ellsworth Huntington. His life and thought. Shoe String Press Hamden 1973, ISBN 0-208-01347-4 (Archon books) - With bibliography.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Franz Mauelshagen: Climate history of the modern age . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-21024-4 , pp. 21 .
↑ Alexander Goldenweiser: Anthropology. New York 1946, p. 531: "This [= The Character of Races ] and his earlier Climate and Civilization are almost unique as bad reasoning and faulty method (very useful reading)".

personal data
SURNAME	Huntington, Ellsworth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American geographer and economist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 16, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Galesburg , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH	October 17, 1947
Place of death	New Haven , Connecticut

[1] Franz Mauelshagen: Climate history of the modern age . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-21024-4 , pp. 21 .

[2] Alexander Goldenweiser: Anthropology. New York 1946, p. 531: "This [= The Character of Races ] and his earlier Climate and Civilization are almost unique as bad reasoning and faulty method (very useful reading)".