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Guillaume Grandidier

1873 - 1957

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Guillaume Grandidier (1 July 1873 – 13 September 1957) was a French geographer, ethnologist, and zoologist who studied the island of Madagascar. He was the son of the wealthy industrialist Alfred Grandidier also a zoologist and expert on Madagascar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guillaume Grandidier has received more than 11,944 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume Grandidier is the 79th most popular geographer, the 4,975th most popular biography from France and the 8th most popular French Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Guillaume Grandidier ranks 79 out of 86. Before him are Ellsworth Huntington, Johannes Gabriel Granö, Aaron Arrowsmith, Richard Andree, Jehuda Cresques, and Yuly Shokalsky. After him are Herman Moll, Anne Buttimer, John Speed, Thomas Griffith Taylor, Henry Schoolcraft, and Alexander Keith Johnston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Guillaume Grandidier ranks 182. Before him are Henri Helle, Karl Jatho, George Orton, Walter de la Mare, Lucien Mérignac, and Charles Clary. After him are Juan Corzo, Carlos María de la Torre, Maurice Verdonck, Nellie McClung, Alphonse Kirchhoffer, and Halvdan Koht. Among people deceased in 1957, Guillaume Grandidier ranks 202. Before him are Julio Lozano Díaz, Kurt Pettersén, James M. Cox, Helene Costello, Grigory Landsberg, and William Murrill. After him are Ralph Barton Perry, Mary Proctor, Jack Butler Yeats, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Ezio Pinza, and Katie Johnson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume Grandidier ranks 4,975 out of 6,770. Before him are Gilles Panizzi (1965), Lydie Salvayre (1948), Jacques Gamblin (1957), Charles Joseph Minard (1781), Philippe Montanier (1964), and Célestin Delmer (1907). After him are Mickaël Landreau (1979), David Cage (1969), Reynald Pedros (1971), Carmelo Camet (1904), Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (1930), and Henri Louveau (1910).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In France

Among geographers born in France, Guillaume Grandidier ranks 8. Before him are Élisée Reclus (1830), Nicolas Sanson (1600), Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697), Guillaume Delisle (1675), Emmanuel de Martonne (1873), and Nicolas de Fer (1646).

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