Edgar Kant


Edgar Kant was Estonian geographer and economist. He laid foundation for Estonian urban geography.
1928 he graduated from Tartu University.
From 1934 he was lecturer at Tartu University.
Since 1938 he was member of Estonia Academy of Sciences; he was also the head of department of humanitarian sciences.
In September 1944 he went to Sweden where he worked at Lund University.
Main activities: studying Estonia's geopolitical situation; Estonian urban geography; editing "Atlas of Estonia".