- Ellsworth Huntington
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name = Ellsworth Huntington
birth_date =16 September ,1876
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death_date =17 October ,1947
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nationality =United States
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field =geology climatology
work_institutions =Yale University
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footnotes =Ellsworth Huntington (1876 – 1947) was a professor of
geology andclimatology andeconomics atYale University during the early 20th century, known for his studies onclimatic determinism ,economic growth andeconomic geography . He served as Presidents of the Ecological Society of America in 1917, the Association of American Geographers in 1923 and the President of the Board of Directors of theAmerican Eugenics Society from 1934 to 1938.He taught at
Euphrates College ,Turkey (1897–1901); accompanied the Pumpelly (1903) and Barrett (1905–1906) expeditions tocentral Asia ; and wrote of his Asian experiences in "Explorations in Turkestan" (1905) and "The Pulse of Asia" (1907). He taught geography at Yale (1907–1915) and from 1917 was aresearch associate there, devoting his time chiefly to climatic and anthropogeographic studies. "The Climatic Factor" (1914), "Civilization and Climate" (1915, rev. ed. 1924), and, with S. S. Visher, "Climatic Changes" (1922) were among his works. He also wrote "Principles of Human Geography" (with S. W. Cushing, 5th ed. 1940) and "Mainsprings of Civilization" (1945). He was on the original standing committee of theFoundation for the Study of Cycles from 1941.External links
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* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/huntington/ "The Secret of the Big Trees: Yosemite Sequoia and General Grant National Parks"] (1921) by Ellsworth Huntington
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