Born: May 5, 1833, Karlsruhe [Died] October 6, 1905. Berlin German geographer and geologist. In 1860, he joined the German Far East Economic Mission and visited Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Japan, Taiwan, Celebes (Sulawesi), the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, and other places. From 1863 to 1868, he was involved in geographical surveys in California. In 1868, he returned to the Far East and traveled to the interior of China. In 1872, he returned to Germany and taught geography at the University of Bonn from 1875 to 1879. He was president of the Berlin Geographical Society and founded the Berlin International Geographical Society and the Berlin Oceanographic Society. He mainly studied China and contributed to the development of geographical methodology. He also established geomorphology, which was previously a branch of geology, and is concerned with continental and undersea topography. His main works include China, Ergebnisse eigener Reisen und daraufgegründeter Studien (5 volumes, 1877-1912). Richthofen |
[生]1833.5.5. カルルスルーエ [没]1905.10.6. ベルリン ドイツの地理学者,地質学者。 1860年ドイツ極東経済使節団に加わり,セイロン (現在のスリランカ) ,日本,台湾,セレベス (スラウェシ) ,フィリピン,マレー半島などを訪れた。 63~68年カリフォルニアで地理学的調査に従事。 68年極東に帰り中国の奥地を旅行。 72年ドイツに帰り,75~79年ボン大学で地理学を教えた。ベルリン地理学協会会長であり,ベルリン国際地理学協会やベルリン海洋学会などを創設。中国をおもな研究地域として,地理学方法論の発展に貢献した。さらにこれまで地質学の一分野であった大陸や海底地形に関する地形学を樹立した。主著に『中国』 China,Ergebnisse eigener Reisen und daraufgegründeter Studien (5巻,1877~1912) がある。 リヒトホーフェン
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