Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann (15 July 1796, in Stargard – 30 August 1842, in Stuttgart) was a German geographer.
He studied at the University of Berlin, and afterwards taught classes in Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg's institute (Hofwyl College).
[2] Due to outspoken remarks regarding Catholicism, he lost his position at Munich and subsequently returned to Stuttgart.
[3] With Alexander von Humboldt and Heinrich Berghaus, he was editor of the geographical journal "Annalen der erd, völker- und staatenkunde".
[4] Hoffmann, an “energetically active pedagogical nature”,[5] is one of the important popularizers of geography in the 19th century in Germany.