Jacques Reclus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French protestant church clergyman
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Place of Birth: Le Fleix, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Jacques Reclus
- Jacques Reclus (27 July 1796, Le Fleix in Dordogne - 8 April 1882, Tarbes) was a French Protestant minister. Following studies in Bordeaux, he worked as a librarian at Château de Bonzac, home of Elie Decazes (1780-1860), minister of Louis XVIII.
- From 1819 he studied theology in Montauban, becoming ordained as pastor at Nimes in December 1821.
- Afterwards he served as a minister in La Roche-Chalais (1822), then Montcaret (1824). In June 1831 he resigned as pastor and instructor at the Protestant college in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande in order to head an independent evangelical community in Castétarbe.
- In 1850 he founded a home for the aged in Orthez. He was the father of fourteen children who survived beyond infancy, including five sons who gained distinction during their careers: Élie Reclus (1827-1904), journalist and political activist Élisée Reclus (1830-1905), geographer and political activist Onésime Reclus (1837-1916), geographer Armand Reclus (1843-1927), geographer and explorer Paul Reclus (1847-1914), surgeon.
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