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thumb|The Geographer (1668–69), by [[Johannes Vermeer ]]
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- Areas of study in geography
- Four traditions of geography
- Branches of geography
- Five themes of geography
- Institutions and societies
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thumb|The Geographer (1668–69), by [[Johannes Vermeer ]]
A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interact. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" and the Greek suffix, "graphy", meaning "description", so a geographer is someone who studies the earth. The word "geography" is a Middle French word that is believed to have been first used in 1540.