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Yves Lacoste

1929 - Today

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Yves Lacoste (born 7 September 1929), is a French geographer, known for his political commitment and contributions to geopolitics. Born in Rabat, Morocco, the son of a geologist, Jean Lacoste, and a librarian, he spent his childhood in the city before continuing his secondary education at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux (Seine) and his higher education at the Sorbonne. After obtaining his post-graduate diploma on the geomorphology of the Rharb plain in Morocco, Lacoste passed the agrégation in geography in 1952. He began his teaching career at the Lycée Bugeaud in Algiers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yves Lacoste is the 57th most popular geographer (down from 55th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 76th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Yves Lacoste ranks 57 out of 86. Before him are Hans Meyer, Inō Tadataka, August Heinrich Petermann, Emmanuel de Martonne, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, and Guillaume Delisle. After him are Pedro Reinel, Adolf Stieler, Johannes Gabriel Granö, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Vaclav Smil, and Torsten Hägerstrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Yves Lacoste ranks 252. Before him are Rutka Laskier, Karin Lindberg, Ulla Jacobsson, Hong Song-nam, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and James McDivitt. After him are Paek Nam-sun, Terry Sawchuk, Hugues Aufray, Paavo Berglund, Gérard de Villiers, and John Henry Holland.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Yves Lacoste ranks 77 out of 264. Before him are Yazid of Morocco (1750), Ibrahim ibn Tashfin (1131), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Yahya al-Mu'tasim (null), Michel Qissi (1962), and Dunash ben Labrat (920). After him are Idris II of Morocco (791), Touria Chaoui (1936), Nawal El Moutawakel (1962), Said Belqola (1956), Alain Souchon (1944), and Eva Illouz (1961).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Morocco

Among geographers born in Morocco, Yves Lacoste ranks 1. 

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