Alfred Hettner , 1859-1942, German geographer and teacher; a founder of modern German geography. His methodology and his materialistic philosophy, grounded in the work of Immanuel Kant , have had a great influence on Russian and Soviet geographers. He founded (1895) the journal Geographisches Zeitschrift and published Die Geographie: ihre Geschichte, ihre Wesen und ihre Methoden (1927).
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The Geographical Review; 7/1/1993; Wagner, Philip L.; 554 words;
... the concept of the cultural landscape; Alfred Hettner, long a central, even dominating advocate ... impressive sample of some of their definitive maps, diagrams, and drawings. The net effect ... tremendously by knowledge of the heritage of Hettner. The gratifying resurgence of field research ...
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Alexander von Humboldt's image and influence in North American geography, 1804-2004.(Author abstract)
The Geographical Review; 7/1/2006; Mathewson, Kent; 12354 words;
... to account for my enthusiasm, that he was surrounded with maps, statements, & c all new to me and several of which he has ... Geography as a Science of Space, from Kant and Humboldt to Hettner, in which he argued that the three men named in the title ... Scientist in the Winning of the American West. New York: ...
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Betweem "In Camp" and "Out Of Bounds": Notes on the History of Fieldwork in American Geography.
The Geographical Review; 1/1/2001; Mathewson, Kent; 5322 words;
... fieldwork] was not faulted, but for Alfred Hettner and other inductivists, the purposes ... land-use surveys and after a stint with Hettner at Heidelberg) and fellow student Carl ... American geography's mainstream. PLATT MAPS AND BEYOND In the late 1950s Robert Platt ...
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