View source for Richard Andree

{{Short description|German geographer (1835–1912)}}
{{for|the American mathematician and computer scientist|Richard V. Andree}}
{{more citations needed|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Richard Andree
| image         = Рихард Андре.jpg
| alt           = 
| caption       = Portrait of Andree, {{circa}} 1900
| birth_name    = 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1835|02|26}}
| birth_place   = [[Braunschweig]], [[Duchy of Brunswick]], [[German Confederation]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1912|02|22|1835|02|26}}
| death_place   = [[Munich]], [[Kingdom of Bavaria]], [[German Empire]]
| occupation    = [[Cartography|Cartographer]]
| era           = 19th–20th century 
| known_for     = [[Ethnography|Ethnographic works]]
| notable_works = ''[[Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas|Allgemeiner Handatlas]]''
| education     = [[Braunschweig University of Technology|Collegium Carolinum]]
| alma_mater    = [[Leipzig University]]
| spouse        = [[Marie Andree-Eysn]]
| mother        =
| father        = [[Karl Andree]]
| relatives     =
}}

'''Richard Andree''' (26 February 1835 – 22 February 1912) was a German geographer and [[Cartography|cartographer]], noted for devoting himself especially to [[ethnography|ethnographic]] studies. He wrote numerous books on this subject, dealing notably with the races of his own country, while an important general work was ''Ethnographische Parallelen und Vergleiche'' (Stuttgart, 1878).

==Biography==
Andree was born in Braunschweig, the son of geographer [[Karl Andree]] (1808–1875). He followed in the footsteps of his father, studied natural sciences at the Braunschweig [[Braunschweig University of Technology|Collegium Carolinum]] and [[Leipzig University]], and temporarily worked in a Bohemian ironworks. As a director of the geography bureau of publisher Velhagen & Klasing in Leipzig from 1873 to 1890, he also took up cartography, having a chief share in the production of the ''Physikalisch-Statistischer Atlas des Deutschen Reichs'' (together with [[Oscar Peschel]], Leipzig, 1877) and the ''Allgemeiner Historischer Handatlas'', (with Gustav Droysen, son of [[Johann Gustav Droysen]], Leipzig, 1886) as well as school atlases.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} 
[[File:Andree, Richard. Volkerkarte von Russland. 1881 D.jpg|thumb|left|Ethnographic map of the [[Caucasus]] region, 1881]]
Andree's main work, however, is his ''[[Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas|Allgemeiner Handatlas]]'' (Leipzig, first edition 1881, final edition 1937), one of the most comprehensive world atlases of all times. The early editions of the ''[[Times Atlas of the World]]'' (1895–1900) are based on this atlas, as was [[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]]'s ''Universal Atlas.'' Andree became an elected member of the [[Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]] in 1886. In 1890 he moved to [[Heidelberg]], where he continued the editorship of the academic journal ''Globus'' from 1891 until 1903.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} Andree made important contributions to comparative ethnographic studies of countries and people, advocating [[Adolf Bastian]]'s ideas of a common basic mental framework shared by all humans. His work also influenced [[Arnošt Muka]]'s studies of the [[Sorbs|Sorbian]] culture.

In 1903 Andree married Marie Eysn who became known as [[Marie Andree-Eysn]]. Andree died aged 76 in [[Munich]], which had been the couple's hometown since 1904.

[[File:Juden 1881.JPG|thumb|Juden 1881]]

==Notes==
{{more footnotes|date=February 2014 }}

{{Reflist}}

==References==
* H. Meyer: ''Velhagen & Klasing 150 Jahre 1835–1985'', Berlin, 1985
* J. Espenhorst: ''Petermann's Planet'', a guide to German handatlases, Schwerte, 2003
* {{EB1911|wstitle=Andree, Karl}}
* {{Cite EB1922|wstitle=Andree, Richard}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{Gutenberg author |id=34872 |name=Richard Andree}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Richard Andree}}
* Scans from [https://web.archive.org/web/20070116113152/http://www.geneabase.com/sample.htm Andrees 4th edition (1899)]
* Scans of [http://www.maproom.org/00/08/index.php Droysens Allgemeiner Historischer Handatlas, 1886]
* Web archive of the great German Hand-Atlases. Andrees of all decades online: [http://www.handatlas.de/ handatlas.de]

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andree, Richard}}
[[Category:1835 births]]
[[Category:1912 deaths]]
[[Category:Writers from Braunschweig]]
[[Category:People from the Duchy of Brunswick]]
[[Category:German cartographers]]
[[Category:Leipzig University alumni]]
[[Category:19th-century German geographers]]