Universal geography elisee recluse

French geographer, writer and anarchist

Jacques Élisée Reclus (French:[ʁəkly]; 15 March 1830 – 4 July 1905) was a 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.

Biography

Early life and education

Reclus was born at Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (Gironde) on March 15th, 1830.

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His family were part of the Protestant minority in France. His father, Jacques Reclus, was a Protestant pastor in Montcaret and taught at Sainte-Foy's Protestant college; Reclus' godfather was the Protestant pastor Jacques Drillholle.

Reclus' mother, Marguerite Zéline Trigant, was a teacher and founded a school at Orthez. Reclus spent his early years