<Tr> <Th> Institutions </Th> <Td> University of Chicago Clark University </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Influences </Th> <Td> Friedrich Ratzel </Td> </Tr> <P> Ellen Churchill Semple (January 8, 1863--May 8, 1932) was an American geographer and the first female president of the Association of American Geographers . She contributed significantly to the early development of the discipline of geography in the United States, particularly studies of human geography . She is most closely associated with work in anthropogeography and environmentalism, and the debate about "environmental determinism". </P> <P> Semple was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the youngest of five children by Alexander Bonner Semple and Emerine Price . </P>

Who asserted that man is product of earth surface