Élie Reclus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Élie Reclus

French ethnologist and anarchist

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1827

Place of Birth: Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1904

Profession: writer, ethnologist, journalist

Nationality: Belgium, France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Élie Reclus (French: [??kly]; 16 June 1827, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande – 11 February 1904, Brussels) was a French ethnographer who studied what were then called primitive cultures, and an anarchist. Élie Reclus was the oldest of five brothers, born to a Protestant minister and his wife.
His middle three brothers, including the well known anarchist Élisée Reclus, all became geographers. In 1866 a feminist group called the Société pour la Revendication du Droit des Femmes began to meet at the house of André Léo.
Members included Paule Minck, Louise Michel, Eliska Vincent, Élie Reclus and his wife Néomie, Mme Jules Simon and Caroline de Barrau.
Maria Deraismes also participated.
Because of the broad range of opinions, the group decided to focus on the subject of improving girls' education.Élie Reclus served as director of the Bibliotheque National in Paris during the Commune de Paris.
Condemned par contumace, he went to the United States, then to England, until the French government amnesty in March 1879. While exiled in London, he presented to the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland his first article against circumcision, Circumcision, signification, origins and other similar rituals, in January 1879.Reclus also taught Charles Fairfield, who was the father of Rebecca West.He is also known for his anarchist writings.



Alternative names	legal name: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon pseudonym: Nadar
Description	French photographer, caricaturist, writer and balloonist
Date of birth/death	6 April 1820	20 March 1910 / 21 March 1910
Location of birth/death	Paris	former 4th arrondissement of Paris
Work period	1854–1910
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q40116 VIAF: 84808952 ISNI: 0000 0001 2141 8535 ULAN: 500005199 LCCN: n50014563 NLA: 35553829 WorldCat