Jacques Bertin

Jacques Bertin (27 July 1918 – 3 May 2010) was a French cartographer and theorist, known from his book Semiologie Graphique (Semiology of Graphics), published in 1967. This monumental work, based on his experience as a cartographer and geographer, represents the first and widest intent to provide a theoretical foundation to Information Visualization.

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Jacques Bertin
Birth dateJuly 27, 1918
Birth place
Yvelines , Maisons-Laffitte
Date of deathMay 03, 2010

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