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Élisée Reclus

1830 - 1905

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Jacques Élisée Reclus (French: [ʁəkly]; 15 March 1830 – 4 July 1905) was a French geographer, writer and anarchist. He produced his 19-volume masterwork, La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes ("Universal Geography"), over a period of nearly 20 years (1875–1894). In 1892 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Paris Geographical Society for this work, despite having been banished from France because of his political activism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Élisée Reclus is the 23rd most popular geographer (up from 24th in 2019), the 1,236th most popular biography from France (up from 1,271st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Geographer.

Élisée Reclus was a French geographer and anarchist philosopher. He is most famous for his book "La Nouvelle Géographie Universelle" which is a geographical encyclopedia.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Élisée Reclus ranks 23 out of 86. Before him are Ibn Khordadbeh, Pomponius Mela, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, Al-Bakri, and William Morris Davis. After him are Fra Mauro, James Lovelock, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Sebastian Münster, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, and Johann Georg Gmelin.

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Among people born in 1830, Élisée Reclus ranks 18. Before him are Isma'il Pasha, Julius Lothar Meyer, Eadweard Muybridge, Hans von Bülow, Louise Michel, and Princess Eugénie of Sweden. After him are Étienne-Jules Marey, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Albert Günther, Karl Goldmark, Oliver Otis Howard, and Jules de Goncourt. Among people deceased in 1905, Élisée Reclus ranks 14. Before him are Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Louise Michel, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Carl Wernicke, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Albert Edelfelt. After him are Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Walther Flemming, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Per Teodor Cleve, Constantin Meunier, and Anton Ažbe.

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In France

Among people born in France, Élisée Reclus ranks 1,236 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Ronet (1927), Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844), Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), Étienne Gilson (1884), and Bertrade de Montfort (1070). After him are Honoré III, Prince of Monaco (1720), Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895), Paul Bourget (1852), Abbé Pierre (1912), Jean de Dunois (1402), and Jacques Ibert (1890).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In France

Among geographers born in France, Élisée Reclus ranks 2. Before him are Paul Vidal de La Blache (1845). After him are Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697), Nicolas Sanson (1600), Emmanuel de Martonne (1873), Guillaume Delisle (1675), Nicolas de Fer (1646), and Guillaume Grandidier (1873).

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