Ernst Georg Ravenstein (December Ernst Georg Ravenstein (Ernest George) FRSGS (30 December – 13 March ) 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.
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His laws can be divided Ravenstein is best known for his ground-breaking "The Laws of Migration" (), a detailed study of human movement, which still forms the basis for modern migration theory. His "Map of Eastern Equatorial Africa" () ranks as one of the most remarkable cartographic works of the 19th century.
Travels, researches and missionary He was a Professor of Geography at Bedford College. He was the first to receive the Victoria gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society for research with geography. His Systematic Atlas puts in practice many of the author's helpful ideas as to methods of teaching cartography.
PDF | In 1876, 1885 Ernst Georg Ravenstein, auch Ernest George Ravenstein (* Dezember in Frankfurt am Main; † März in Hofheim am Taunus) war ein deutscher Kartograf und Demograph. Er entwickelte Ende des Jahrhunderts als erster ein Modell für die „etappenweise Migration“.
He was the pioneer Ernst Georg Ravenstein was born in Germany, but spent most of his life in England. For twenty years, he was in the service of the Topographical Department of the War Office. He subsequently became a professor of geography at Bedford College, and authored a number of books and maps.
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