Élisée Reclus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Élisée Reclus

French geographer and writer

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1830

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

Date of Death: 04-Jul-1905

Profession: writer, professor, geographer, communard

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jacques Élisée Reclus (French: [??kly]; 15 March 1830 – 4 July 1905) 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 Gold Medal of the Paris Geographical Society for this work, despite having been banished from France because of his political activism.



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