Élisée Reclus
Élisée Reclus (French: [ʁəkly]; 15 March 1830 – 4 July 1905), also known as Jacques Élisée Reclus, was a renowned 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). In 1892 he was awarded the prestigious Gold Medal of the Paris Geographical Society for this work, despite his having been banished from France because of his political activism.
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| Birth date | March 15, 1830 |
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| Date of death | July 04, 1905 |
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External resources
- http://academic.reed.edu/formosa/texts/reclusbio.html
- http://antwerpjamesjoycecenter.com/fleuve.html
- http://archive.org/details/earthanditsinha00unkngoog
- http://archive.org/details/earthanditsinha06reclgoog
- http://books.google.com/books?id=AC4BAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
- http://books.google.com/books?id=K2M_AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
- http://cybergeo.revues.org/index22981.html
- http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bright/reclus/ishill/frontpiece.html
- http://raforum.info/reclus
- http://raforum.info/reclus/spip.php?article212