Ellen Churchill Semple (1863-1932)

• Semple was an American geographer who earned her Bachelors and Master's degrees from the University of Leipzig, Germany.
• From 1923 until 1932, she was professor of anthropogeography at Clark University, Massachusetts, US.
• In 1921, she was the first woman to be  elected president of the Association of American Geographers.
• Her notable works include 'American History and its Geographic Conditions' (1903), 'Influences of Geographic Environment' (1911), and 'The Geography of the Mediterranean Region' (1931).

Text: Britannica

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Author: Gabriele Perminaite (2021) LJMU Student

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