Author
Élisée Reclus
French geographer and writer (1830–1905)
Their life
Jacques Élisée Reclus was a French geographer and writer who was also known as an anarchist and a vegetarian. He lived from 15 March 1830 to 4 July 1905.
His major work was *La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes*, a 19-volume survey of the world. He wrote it across nearly two decades, from 1875 to 1894.
In 1892 the Paris Geographical Society gave him its Gold Medal for this work. He received the honor even though political activism had led to his banishment from France.
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