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Ellsworth Huntington  

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  • Ellsworth huntington (1876–1947), american geographer, was best known as the leading proponent of a school of thought commonly known as environmental determinism. Environmental determinism claimed that geographic controls and related environmental conditions dictated a predictable human response and, consequently, had a profound influence on the development of societies and the course of history. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Huntington, Ellsworth]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RPNLFN9H-T

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