Ernst Georg Ravenstein
Ernst Georg Ravenstein | |
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| Born | Ernst Georg Ravenstein 30 December 1834 |
| Died | 13 March 1913 (aged 78) |
| Known for | Human migration (The Laws of Migration) |
| Awards | Victoria gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cartography, sociology, statistics |
| Institutions | Topographical department of the War Office (1855-1872) Professor of Geography at Bedford College, London (1882-1883) |
Ernst Georg Ravenstein (Ernest George) FRSGS (30 December 1834 – 13 March 1913) was a German-English geographer and cartographer. As a geographer he was less of a traveller than a researcher; his studies led mainly in the direction of cartography and the history of geography.
Ravenstein was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to a family of cartographers. He spent most of his adult life in England in a house at Lorn Road, Lambeth, but he died in Germany, his country of birth, on 13 March 1913.