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Ellen Churchill Semple (January 8, 1863 – May 8, 1932) was an American geographer and the first female president of the Association of American Geographers. She contributed significantly to the early development of the discipline of geography in the United States, particularly studies of human geography .
Apr 8, 2024 · Ellen Churchill Semple (born Jan. 8, 1863, Louisville, Ky. U.S.—died May 8, 1932, West Palm Beach, Fla.) was an American geographer known for promoting the view that the physical environment determines human history and culture, an idea that provoked much controversy until superseded by later antideterministic approaches.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Updated on November 07, 2020. Ellen Churchill Semple will long be remembered for her contributions to American geography despite her association with the long-disregarded topic of environmental determinism. Ellen Semple was born in the midst of the Civil War in Louisville, Kentucky on January 8, 1863.
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Semple, Ellen Churchill (1863–1932)American geographer and educator. Born on January 8, 1863, in Louisville, Kentucky; died on May 8, 1932, in West Palm Beach, Florida; daughter of Alexander Bonner Semple (a merchant) and Emerine (Price) Semple; Vassar College, B.A., 1882, M.A., 1891; studied at the University of Leipzig, 1891–92, 1895.
May 2, 2023 · Life & Career of Ellen Churchill Semple. Guide about the life of Ellen Churchill Semple and her contributions to the field of human geography. Ellen Churchill Semple was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 8, 1863 to an affluent family in the hardware business. She graduated from Vassar College in 1882 at the age of nineteen, valedictorian ...
- Mary Pattengill
- 2016
The opening passage of Ellen Churchill Semple’s influential and pivotal work, Influences of Geographic Environment, expresses the basis of Semple’s theory of environmental determinism, which would help shape the fields of geography, anthropology, sociology, and history for half a century.
SEMPLE, Ellen Churchill. Born 8 January 1863, Louisville, Kentucky; died 11 May 1932, West Palm Beach, Florida. Daughter of Alexander and Emerine Price Semple. Ellen Churchill Semple was the daughter of a prosperous businessman. In 1882 Semple graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in history.
