Élisée Reclus
1830 – 1905 · aged 75
French geographer and writer (1830–1905)
- Born
- 15 Mar 1830 · Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
- Died
- 4 Jul 1905 · Torhout
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- 15 Mar 1830BornBorn in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
- 1870 – 1871WarSiege of Paris
- 1894AwardPatron’s Medal
- 4 Jul 1905DiedDied in Torhout
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
Biography
Jacques Élisée Reclus (French: [ʁəkly]; 15 March 1830 – 4 July 1905) was a French geographer, writer, anarchist, and a vegetarian. 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.
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