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 171,245 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Paul Vidal de La Blache is the 18th most popular geographer (down from 14th in 2019), the 950th most popular biography from France (down from 781st 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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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Paul Vidal de La Blache ranks 18 out of 86. Before him are Wladimir Köppen, Ya'qubi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, George Everest, Pomponius Mela, and Ibn Khordadbeh. After him are Ibn Jubayr, James Lovelock, Sebastian Münster, David Harvey, Al-Bakri, and Élisée Reclus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Paul Vidal de La Blache ranks 16. Before him are Carl Spitteler, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Ludwig III of Bavaria, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Nikola Pašić, and Edmond James de Rothschild. After him are Ion Ivanovici, George Darwin, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Gustaf de Laval, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, and Franz Ehrle. Among people deceased in 1918, Paul Vidal de La Blache ranks 35. Before him are César Cui, Frederick Trump, Ferdinand Hodler, Edmond Rostand, Hermann Cohen, and Arrigo Boito. After him are Frank Wedekind, Lili Boulanger, István Tisza, Eusebi Güell, Andrew Dickson White, and Anna Dostoevskaya.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Vidal de La Blache ranks 950 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (1401), Martin Bucer (1491), Jeanne Baret (1740), Charles Maurras (1868), Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763), and Horace Vernet (1789). After him are Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1709), Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011), Guillaume de Nogaret (1260), Edme Mariotte (1620), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), and Marie Louise Gonzaga (1611).

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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), Guillaume Delisle (1675), Emmanuel de Martonne (1873), Nicolas de Fer (1646), and Guillaume Grandidier (1873).

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