Geographer and cartographer, * Chemnitz (Germany) 4/10/1868, † Aachen (Germany) 12/26/1938.
Since 1907 professor at the Technical University in Aachen. Pioneer of the scientifically funded cartography. Eckert developed his own map projections which are named Eckert's projections.
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