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Geographer Biographies
Every archived life recorded as geographer, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Ancient era
Herodotus
484 BCE – 425 BCE
Greek historian and geographer (c.484–c.425 BC)
Ancient era
Claudius Ptolemy
100 CE – 170 CE
2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
Medieval era
Al-Khwarizmi
c. 750 CE – 846 CE
Mathematician of Baghdad who gave the world algebra and algorithms
Medieval era
Al-Biruni
September 4, 973 CE – December 9, 1048
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
Early Modern era
Alexander von Humboldt
September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
Medieval era
Ibn Battuta
February 24, 1304 – 1368
Moroccan explorer who traveled 120,000 km across the medieval world
Early Modern era
Samuel de Champlain
August 13, 1567 – December 25, 1635
16/17th-century French explorer of North America
Modern era
David Livingstone
March 19, 1813 – May 1, 1873
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
Early Modern era
Xu Xiake
1586 – March 8, 1641
Chinese geographer and traveller
Medieval era
Piri Reis
1470 – 1554
Turkish admiral and cartographer
Medieval era
Ahmad ibn Majid
1432 – 1500
Arab navigator and cartographer
Medieval era
Ziryab
777 CE – 857 CE
9th-century poet and musician
Medieval era
Adam of Bremen
c. 1100 – c. 1085
11th-century German historian and chronicler
Medieval era
Abraham Cresques
July 11, 1325 – 1387
Cartographer from Palma, Majorca
Ancient era
Anaximander
620 BCE – 547 BCE
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
Ancient era
Hipparchus
190 BCE – 120 BCE
2nd century Greek astronomer, geographer and mathematician
Modern era
Isabella Bird
October 15, 1831 – October 8, 1904
British traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831–1904)