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GEOGRAPHER

Paul Vidal de La Blache

1845 - 1918

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Paul Vidal de La Blache (French pronunciation: [pɔl vidal də la blaʃ], Pézenas, Hérault, 22 January 1845 – Tamaris-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 5 April 1918) was a French geographer. He is considered to be the founder of modern French geography and also the founder of the French School of Geopolitics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Vidal de La Blache has received more than 145,200 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Vidal de La Blache is the 14th most popular geographer (up from 18th in 2019), the 783rd most popular biography from France (up from 940th in 2019) and the most popular French Geographer.

Paul Vidal de la Blache is most famous for his work in geography and cartography. He was the first to create a map of France that showed the country's natural regions.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Paul Vidal de La Blache ranks 14 out of 67. Before him are Carl Ritter, George Everest, Abraham Ortelius, Martin Waldseemüller, Ferdinand von Richthofen, and Wladimir Köppen. After him are Ibn Khordadbeh, Pomponius Mela, Ya'qubi, David Harvey, Ibn Jubayr, and Élisée Reclus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Paul Vidal de La Blache ranks 14. Before him are Carl Spitteler, Amadeo I of Spain, Élie Metchnikoff, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Ludwig III of Bavaria, and Abai Qunanbaiuly. After him are Edmond James de Rothschild, Nikola Pašić, George Darwin, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Ion Ivanovici, and Ahmet Tevfik Pasha. Among people deceased in 1918, Paul Vidal de La Blache ranks 30. Before him are César Cui, Lavr Kornilov, Niko Pirosmani, Ferdinand Hodler, Fanny Kaplan, and Edmond Rostand. After him are Frederick Trump, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Arrigo Boito, Hermann Cohen, Frank Wedekind, and Lili Boulanger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Vidal de La Blache ranks 783 out of 6,011. Before him are Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754), Robert of Molesme (1024), Louis Malle (1932), Oenomaus (-105), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), and Richard I of Normandy (933). After him are Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Vincent Cassel (1966), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), and Girard Desargues (1591).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In France

Among geographers born in France, Paul Vidal de La Blache ranks 1. After him are Élisée Reclus (1830), Nicolas Sanson (1600), Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697), and Guillaume Delisle (1675).

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