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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Élisée Reclus has received more than 238,116 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Élisée Reclus is the 24th most popular geographer (down from 20th in 2019), the 1,271st most popular biography from France (down from 1,156th 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 24 out of 86. Before him are Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, James Lovelock, Sebastian Münster, David Harvey, and Al-Bakri. After him are Abraham Cresques, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Fra Mauro, William Morris Davis, Nicolas Sanson, and Willem Blaeu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Élisée Reclus ranks 18. Before him are Julius Lothar Meyer, Eadweard Muybridge, Hans von Bülow, Louise Michel, Étienne-Jules Marey, and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Jules de Goncourt, Albert Bierstadt, Samori Ture, Frederic Leighton, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, and Princess Elisabeth of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1905, Élisée Reclus ranks 16. Before him are Louise Michel, Adolph Menzel, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Carl Wernicke, Albert Edelfelt, and Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are Walther Flemming, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Alois Riegl, Constantin Meunier, Oswald Achenbach, and Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Élisée Reclus ranks 1,271 out of 6,770. Before him are Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Joël Robuchon (1945), Philippe Petit (1949), Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (1936), and Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968). After him are Eva Gonzalès (1849), Queen Anne of Romania (1923), Roger Ducos (1747), Édouard Lucas (1842), Alain-Fournier (1886), and Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401).

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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 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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