# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfred-philippson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:17:54.746Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-philippson"
name: "Alfred Philippson"
slug: "alfred-philippson"
description: "Alfred Philippson was a German geologist and geographer.\nHe was born at Bonn, son of Ludwig Philippson. He received his education at the gymnasium and university of his native town and at the University of Leipzig. In 1892 he became Privatdozent at Bonn, was appointed assistant professor seven years later, and in 1904 he was called to Bern as professor of geography. Having made voyages through Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Asia Minor, he published: Studien über Wasserscheiden, Berlin, 1886; Der Peloponnes, ib. 1892; Europa, Leipzig, 1894; Thessalien und Epirus, Berlin, 1897; Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Griechischen Inselwelt, Gotha, 1901; Das Mittelmeergebiet, Leipzig, 1904. He also published essays in the technical journals, such as Das fernste Italien. Geographische Reiseskizzen und Studien, Leipzig, 1925, and Apulien, Netherlands, 1937."
tagline: "German geologist and geographer (1864–1953)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
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birthDate: "1864-01-01"
deathDate: "1953-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump