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Ellsworth Huntington

American geographer (–)

Ellsworth Huntington (September 16, – October 17, ) was a professor of geography at Yale University during the early 20th century, known for his studies on environmental determinism/climatic determinism, economic growth, and economic geography.

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He served as president of the Ecological Society of America in , the Association of American Geographers in and president of the board of directors of the American Eugenics Society from to [2]

He taught at Euphrates College, Turkey (&#;); accompanied the Pumpelly () and Barrett (&#;) expeditions to central Asia; and wrote of his Asian experiences in Explorations in Turkestan () and The Pulse of Asia ().

He taught geography at Yale (&#;) and from was a research associate there, devoting his time chiefly to climatic and anthropogeographic studies. He was the recipient of the Elisha Kent Kane Gold Medal from the Geographical Society of Philadelphia.

In , Huntington led the Yale