Georges Anglade, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georges Anglade

Haitian-Canadian geographer, author and politician

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1944

Place of Birth: Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti

Date of Death: 12-Jan-2010

Profession: writer, politician, geographer, university teacher

Nationality: Haiti

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Georges Anglade (July 18, 1944 – January 12, 2010) was a Haitian–Canadian geographer, writer and politician.
A strong opponent of the Duvalier régime in Haiti, Anglade was imprisoned for political reasons in 1974 and fled the country upon release.
In 1991, after the coup against Aristide he had to leave the country for a second time. Anglade was born in Port-au-Prince, where he attended the École normale supérieure and the law faculty.
He spent much of his adult life in exile in Quebec, where he was instrumental in founding the Department of Geography at the Université du Québec à Montréal.