Max Eckert (after 1934, Max Eckert-Greifendorff: 10 April 1868 in

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...

Kingdom of Saxony The Kingdom of Saxony () was a German monarchy in Central Europe between 1806 and 1918, the successor of the Electorate of Saxony. It joined the Confederation of the Rhine after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, later joining the German ...

– 26 December 1938, in

Aachen Aachen is the List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population, 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants. Aachen is locat ...

) was a German

geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...

Biography

He received his education in

Löbau Löbau (; , ) is a city in the east of Saxony, Germany, in the traditional region of Upper Lusatia. It is situated between the slopes of the Löbauer Berg and the fertile hilly area of the Upper Lusatian Mountains. It is the gateway to this volca ...

and

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

, and taught for some time at Löbau and

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

. In 1903, he became

Privatdozent ''Privatdozent'' (for men) or ''Privatdozentin'' (for women), abbreviated PD, P.D. or Priv.-Doz., is an academic title conferred at some European universities, especially in German-speaking countries, to someone who holds certain formal qualifi ...

Kiel University Kiel University, officially the Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, (, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public University, public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the ...

. In 1907, he was appointed to the chair of geography in the Royal Technical High School of

(Aix-la-Chapelle). He invented the six Eckert projections and others such as Eckert-Greifendorff projection

Writings

He has published ''Schulatlas'' (School atlas, 45th ed., 1912), ''Wesen und Aufgabe der Wirtschafts- und Verkehrsgeographie'' (Essentials and purpose of economic and transportation geography, 1903), ''Grundriss der Handelsgeographie'' (Fundamentals of the geography of trade, 1905), ''Leitfaden der Handelsgeographie'' (Primer of the geography of trade, 3d ed., 1911), ''Neue Entwürfe für Erdkarten'' (New ideas for world maps, 1906), ''Die Kartographie als Wissenschaft'' (Cartography as a discipline, 1907), ''The New Fields of Geography, especially Commercial Geography'' (1907), ''Geographisches Praktikum'', with Otto Krümmel (Geography in practice, 1908), ''Fortschritt in der geographischen Erschliessung unsern Kolonien'' (1908 et seq.), ''Die Kartenprojektion'' (Map projections, 1910), ''Deutsche Kulturgeographie'' (German cultural geography, 1912), ''Wirtschaftsatlas der deutschen Kolonien'' (Economic atlas of the German colonies, 1912), ''Die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Panama-Kanals'' (The economic significance of the

Panama Canal The Panama Canal () is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, and is a Channel (geography), conduit for maritime trade between th ...

, 1913), ''Die Metallverbreitung und Metallgewerbe der Welt'' (World metal trade and distribution, 1913).

Notes

Max Eckert's Kartenwissenschaft—the turning point in German cartography, Wolfgang Scharfe, Imago Mundi, Vol. 38, Iss. 1, 198
Taylor and Francis Online (paywall)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eckert-Greifendorff, Max 1868 births 1938 deaths People from Chemnitz People from the Kingdom of Saxony German geographers German cartographers Leipzig University alumni

Biography

Writings

See also

Notes

References