American history and its geographic Ellen Churchill Semple (January 8, – May 8, ) 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.
College of Washington. Abstract. Ellen Ellen Churchill Semple 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view that the physical environment determines human history and culture, an idea that provoked much controversy until superseded by later antideterministic approaches.
Google Scholar. Semple, Ellen Churchill (–) American geographer and educator. Born on January 8, , in Louisville, Kentucky; died on May 8, , in West Palm Beach, Florida; daughter of Alexander Bonner Semple (a merchant) and Emerine (Price) Semple; Vassar College, B.A., , M.A., ; studied at the University of Leipzig, –92,
Honors Award 1986; Ellen Churchill Ellen Churchill Semple was an American geographer. She was president of the Association of American Geographers, the only woman ever to hold that position. She was born on January 8, at Louisville, Kentucky, United States, the daughter of Andrew Bonner Semple and Emerin (Price) Semple. Her early training was in private schools in Louisville.
Ellen Churchill Semple later Ellen Churchill Semple was the foremost female geographer of her time and a leading exponent of environment determinism. Both her books Influences of Geographic Environment, and American History Conditions () were the result of her admiration for the work of Friedrich Ratzel whose lectures she attended at Leipzig in
Ellen Churchill Semple who is SEMPLE, Ellen Churchill. Born 8 January , Louisville, Kentucky; died 11 May , West Palm Beach, Florida. Daughter of Alexander and Emerine Price Semple. Ellen Churchill Semple was the daughter of a prosperous businessman. In Semple graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in history.
She also read an Abstract. The American geographer Ellen Churchill Semple (–), famous for her work on environmental influence, is often framed as a mere disciple of the German geographer Friedrich Ratzel (–). Drawing on a reading of Semple's published and unpublished works as well as correspondence and diaries, this paper sheds new light on the two anthropogeographers' intellectual.
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Biography / History Ellen Churchill Semple was born in Louisville, Kentucky January 8 to an affluent family that owned a hardware store. She graduated from Vassar College in at the age of nineteen with a degree in history.