Alfred Wegener, 1880, 1 1 year 10 was born in Berlin, a German meteorologist and geophysicist. He was killed while inspecting the ice sheet in Greenland in 1930+0 1 year. Known as "the father of continental drift theory". Wei Gena is famous for advocating the theory of continental drift. In his immortal book The Formation of Continents and Oceans, he tried to restore the relationship among geophysics, geography, meteorology and geology.
2. Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes (BC 193) was born in Cyrene, a Greek colony in North Africa, and was praised as "the father of geography" by western geographers. In addition to his outstanding contributions in geodesy and geography, another important reason is that he first created the word "geography" in the west. At the same time, Eratosthenes is a learned philosopher, poet and astronomer.
3.Ritter
Ritter, Carl, 1779 ~ 1859 is a German geographer. One of the founders of modern geography. Born in quedlinburg, died in Berlin. He was a professor at the University of Frankfurt and the University of Berlin. The first geography professor in Germany and the founder of the Berlin Geographical Society.
This paper expounds the comprehensiveness and unity of the relationship between man and land and geography for the first time, which lays the foundation of human geography. It is believed that geography is an empirical science, and man is the core and apex of the whole geographical research. Create the word "geoscience" Advocate the combination of geography and history. Adhere to the philosophy of teleology and think that God is the master of building the earth. He is the author of European Geography and General Theory of Earth Science.