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Conrad Malte-Brun

1775 - 1826

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Conrad Malte-Brun (French: [kɔ̃ʁad malt bʁœ̃]; born Malthe Conrad Bruun; 12 August 1775 – 14 December 1826), sometimes referred to simply as Malte-Brun, was a Dano-French geographer and journalist. His second son, Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, was also a geographer. Today he is perhaps best remembered for coining the name for the geographic region Oceania (French Océanie) around 1812, he also coined the name Indo-China. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Conrad Malte-Brun is the 40th most popular geographer (up from 42nd in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 226th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Conrad Malte-Brun ranks 40 out of 86. Before him are Nicolas Sanson, Jovan Cvijić, Jodocus Hondius, Vincenzo Coronelli, Artemidorus Ephesius, and Otto Nordenskjöld. After him are Marie Tharp, Marinus of Tyre, Erich von Drygalski, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Alfred Hettner, and Yi-Fu Tuan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Conrad Malte-Brun ranks 24. Before him are Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Farkas Bolyai, Teréz Brunszvik, Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, Bernhard Crusell, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, and Manuel García. After him are Antoni Radziwiłł, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Louisa Adams, Juan Martín Díez, and Daniel O'Connell. Among people deceased in 1826, Conrad Malte-Brun ranks 26. Before him are Johann Baptist von Spix, Franz Danzi, Clarke Abel, Marie-Guillemine Benoist, John Farey Sr., and Shaykh Ahmad. After him are François-Joseph Talma, Johann Peter Hebel, Christian Kramp, Friedrich Krupp, John Flaxman, and Claire Lacombe.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Conrad Malte-Brun ranks 223 out of 1,032. Before him are Per Nørgård (1932), Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969), Prince Axel of Denmark (1888), Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1829), Kurt Westergaard (1935), and Inger Christensen (1935). After him are Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), Eugenius Warming (1841), Valdemar Poulsen (1869), Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793), Hans Christian Lumbye (1810), and Louise Rasmussen (1815).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Denmark

Among geographers born in Denmark, Conrad Malte-Brun ranks 1. 

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