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Created page with "== Early Life and Education == Carl Ortwin Sauer was born on December 24, 1889, in Warrenton, Missouri. His parents were of German descent, and his father was a prosperous merchant. Sauer showed an early interest in the natural world, which was nurtured by his parents and his rural upbringing. He attended Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton, where he studied geology and botany. He then went on to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he received his Bach..."