Jacques Bertin

Jacques Bertin studied at University of Paris. The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and École pratique des hautes études. Distinctions recorded are Mercator Medal and Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal.

• Name — Jacques Bertin • Born — 27 July 1918 • Birthplace — Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines • Died — 3 May 2010 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Cartographer, Theorist

Jacques Bertin was born in 1918 in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines. When he was 10, he received the first prize of cartography at primary school. He never had problems with drawing, and pursued interests including architecture, the teaching of drawing and cartography. Finally he ended up studying geography and cartography at the Sorbonne. He became founder and director of the Cartographic Laboratory of the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) in 1954 and director of studies (directeur d'études) in 1957. In 1967 he became professor of the Sorbonne, and in 1974 he became director of studies and director of the Geographical Laboratory of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), which is part of the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE, VIe Section). Later in the 1970s he became head of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). In 1993 Bertin received the "Mercator-Medaille der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kartographie" and in 1999 the Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal from the International Cartographic Association. Bertin died in Paris on 3 May 2010.