| Authorised form of name | Ritter; Karl (1779 - 1859) |
| Other forms of name | Carl |
| Charles |
| Dates | 1779 - 1859 |
| Place of birth | Quedlinburg, Germany |
| Date of birth | 07 August 1779 |
| Place of death | Berlin |
| Date of death | 28 September 1859 |
| Research field | Geography |
| Activity | Education:
Schnapfeuthal Institution
Career:
Tutor to the Hollweg family (for 15 years); published 'Die Erdkunde im Verhaltniss sur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen' (1818); Professor of History, Frankfurt (1819); Extraordinarius in History, Berlin (1820)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 30/03/1848 |
| Relationships | Son of a doctor |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1859-1860 vol 10 pp xlii-xliii |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/56673426 |
| Code | NA7575 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1848/02 | Ritter, Karl: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/21/33 | Copy of letter from Carl Ritter [to Francis Rawden Chesney] | 25 October 1850 |
| MC/4/256 | Letter from Charles [Carl] Ritter, Berlin, to [Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Sabine, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society] | 6 August 1848 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |