Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Halford Mackinder

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Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Halford Mackinder

Sir Halford John Mackinder was an English geographer, academic and politician, who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of both geopolitics and geostrategy. He was the first Principal of University Extension College, Reading from 1892 to 1903, and Director of the London School of Economics from 1903 to 1908. While continuing his academic career part-time, he was also the Member of Parliament for Glasgow Camlachie from 1910 to 1922. From 1923, he was Professor of Geography at the London School of Economics.

Knowledge is one. Its division into subjects is a concession to human weakness. — © Halford Mackinder
Knowledge is one. Its division into subjects is a concession to human weakness.
Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; who rules the World-Island controls the world.
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