Pioneers of Different Branches of Geography

1. Father of Geography - Eratosthenes

2. Father of Human Geography - Fredrich Ratzel

3. Father of Modern Geography - Carl Ritter (1779 - 1859)

4. Father of Cultural Geography - Carl Ortwin Sauer

5. Father of Historical Geography - Herodotus

6. Father of Soil Science - Vasily Vasil'evich Dokuchaev

7. Father of Geology - James Hutton (1726 - 1797)