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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 224,362 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Élisée Reclus is the 20th most popular geographer (up from 21st in 2019), the 1,160th most popular biography from France (down from 1,063rd 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 20 out of 67. Before him are Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Khordadbeh, Pomponius Mela, Ya'qubi, David Harvey, and Ibn Jubayr. After him are Abraham Cresques, James Lovelock, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Al-Bakri, Fra Mauro, and William Morris Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Élisée Reclus ranks 17. Before him are Porfirio Díaz, Eadweard Muybridge, Isma'il Pasha, Hans von Bülow, Louise Michel, and Étienne-Jules Marey. After him are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Frederic Leighton, Ōkubo Toshimichi, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, and Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach. Among people deceased in 1905, Élisée Reclus ranks 13. Before him are Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Adolph Menzel, Louise Michel, Carl Wernicke, and Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Walther Flemming, Albert Edelfelt, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Alois Riegl, and Constantin Meunier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Élisée Reclus ranks 1,160 out of 6,011. Before him are Mylène Demongeot (1935), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), André-Hercule de Fleury (1653), Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (1197), Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932), and Gabriel Lamé (1795). After him are Victoire of France (1733), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), Jacques I, Prince of Monaco (1689), Albert Roussel (1869), and Flora Tristan (1803).

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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), and Guillaume Delisle (1675).

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