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Ellen Churchill Semple  

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  • Born in Kentucky in 1863, Ellen Churchill Semple was a leading American geographer of the early 20th century and a pioneering female geographer. She was a charter member of the Association of American Geographers in 1904 and became the first female president of an academic organization in 1921. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Semple, Ellen Churchill (1863–1932)]

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