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Anna Mangin (1844–1931) – American inventor, educator, caterer and women's rights campaigner; Charles Mantoux (1877–1947), France – Mantoux test (tuberculosis) Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937), Italy – radio telegraphy; Gheorghe Marinescu (1863–1938), Romania – first science films in the world in the neurology clinic in Bucharest ...
Zhang Heng, inventor of the first seismoscope This is a list of geophysicists , people who made notable contributions to geophysics , whether or not geophysics was their primary field. These include historical figures who laid the foundations for the field of geophysics.
[11] [12] [13] Considered by historians to be the world's first residential university [14] and among the greatest centres of learning in the ancient world, it was located near the city of Rajagriha (now Rajgir) and about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southeast of Pataliputra (now Patna) and operated from 427 until 1197 CE.
David Harvey (born 1935) – world's most cited academic geographer and winner of the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, also noted for his work in critical geography and critique of global capitalism. Evelyn Stokes (1936–2005). Professor of geography at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.
Eugenia Wheeler Goff (United States, 1844–1922), combined history, resources, and geography; Leslie George Bullock (1895–1971) Bernard J. S. Cahill (1867–1944), inventor of octahedral "Butterfly Map" of the world; George Comer (1858–1937) John Paul Goode (1862–1932), created the "Evil Mercator" and Goode’s World Atlas
In more recent developments, geography has become a distinct academic discipline. 'Geography' derives from the Greek γεωγραφία – geographia, [1] literally "Earth-writing", that is, description or writing about the Earth. The first person to use the word geography was Eratosthenes (276–194 BC).
Allen J. Scott (born 1938), winner of Vautrin Lud Prize in 2003 and the Anders Retzius Gold medal 2009; author of numerous books and papers on economic and urban geography, known for his work on regional development, new industrial spaces, agglomeration theory, global city-regions and the cultural economy.
The Netherlands and its people have made contributions to the arts, science, technology and engineering, economics and finance, cartography and geography, exploration and navigation, law and jurisprudence, thought and philosophy, medicine. and agriculture. The following list is composed of objects, (largely) unknown lands, breakthrough ideas ...