Hermann Wagner

Who was Hermann Wagner?

Hermann Wagner was a German geographer and cartographer who was a native of Erlangen. He was the son of anatomist Rudolf Wagner and brother to economist Adolph Wagner.

He received his education at the University of Erlangen, and in 1868 went to work for the publishing firm "Justus Perthes Geographische Anstalt Gotha". Until 1876 he was editor of the statistical portion of the Gothaer Almanack, and in 1872 co-founded the geographical/statistical review- Die Bevolkerung der Erde with Ernst Behm.

In 1876 Wagner taught classes in geography at the University of Königsberg, and in 1880 became professor of geography at the University of Göttingen, where he established the institute of geography. From 1880 to 1908 he was an editor of the Geographisches Jahrbuch.

His better known publications include the textbook Lehrbuch der Geographie, and the Sydow-Wagner Methodischer Schulatlas, a school atlas named in conjunction with cartographer Emil von Sydow.