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Also known as Elisée Reclus, Jacques Elisée, Elisee Reclus, Jacques Elisee, Élysée Reclus, Elisha Reclus, Jean Jacques Élisée Reclus, Jacques Élisée Reclus

French geographer and writer (1830–1905)

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Élisée Reclus (1830–1905) was a French and Belgian geographer, university teacher, writer, and communard. Born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, he held citizenship in both France and Belgium. His political ideologies included anarchism and anarcho-communism. Reclus was a student of Carl Ritter and served as a teacher at the New University of Brussels. He participated in the Siege of Paris and was a member of the International Workingmen's Association, the Jura Federation, the Société de Géographie, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

His notable works include *L'évolution, la révolution et l'idéal anarchique*, *Scritti sociali*, *Le Caire*, *Pour la vie*, and *Borgerkrigen i Nordamerika*. Reclus had several siblings, including Paul, Onésime, Armand, and Élie Reclus. He died in Torhout and was buried in Ixelles Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Born
15 March 1830
Died
4 July 1905
Works
241

Top works

  • Eṿolutsyon, reṿolutsyon un der anarkhisṭisher ideal
  • Borgerkrigen i Nordamerika
  • L'évolution, la révolution et l'idéal anarchique
  • Scritti sociali
  • Le Caire

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
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Total plays
1

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Quotes

  • It is in no way a digression to mention the horrors of war in connection with massacres of cattle and carnivorous banquets. People's diet corresponds closely to their morality. Blood calls for blood. In this connection, if one considers the various people he has known, there will be no doubt that in general, the agreeable manners, kindness of disposition, and equanimity of the vegetarians contrasts markedly with the qualities of the inveterate meat-eaters and avid drinkers of blood.

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Works in European collections

8 objects attributed to Élisée Reclus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

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

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