Élie Reclus

Élie Reclus was a French and Belgian ethnologist, journalist, writer and geographer (1827–1904). He was born at Sainte-Foy-la-Grande and died at Brussels.

Also recorded as Elie Reclus; Jean-Pierre Michel Reclus.

Élie Reclus in brief

Born
1827
Died
1904
Known for
ethnologist, journalist, writer and geographer
Place of birth
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Elie Reclus and Jean-Pierre Michel Reclus. His recorded language was French. His recorded confession was anarchism.

He was the child of Jacques Reclus and Zéline Reclus. He married Noémi Reclus. One child is recorded: Paul Reclus.

Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1870 to 1891.

Le Pain. Primitive folk : studies in comparative ethnology / by Élie Reclus., dated [1891?], held by Wellcome Collection. Letters, mostly autograph and signed, by Reclus, dated 1870-1905, held by Wellcome Collection. Reclus, (Jean-Jacques) Elis?e (1830-1905), French geographer and political radical, dated 1870-1905, held by Wellcome Collection. Brabrook, Sir Edward William, dated Apr 1878, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Gérard Fauconnier, <i>Élie Reclus, 1827-1904</i>, Éditions Gascogne, dans la série <i>Le génie des frères Reclus</i>, octobre 2018, 360 pages, Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, 2020. ‘The murderous civilisation’: anarchist geographies, ethnography and cultural differences in the works of Élie Reclus, cultural geographies, 2016.

Digitised editions and texts

9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Le Pain — Internet Archive. Les croyances populaires: Leçons sur l'histoire des religions, professées à l'Université ... (1908) — Internet Archive. Primitive Folk — Internet Archive. Elie Reclus - La Legende D Orphee (1879) — Internet Archive. Les croyances populaires: leçons sur l'histoire des religions professées à l ... (1908) — Internet Archive. Les primitiis: Études d'ethnologie comparée, ... (1885) — Internet Archive. Les primitifs: Études d'ethnologie comparée — Internet Archive. Demonisme en animisme: studiën over de ontwikkeling der godsdiensten (1899) — Internet Archive. Les primitifs, études d'ethnologie comparée (1885) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1827Élie Reclus born at Sainte-Foy-la-Grande.
  2. 1870Letters, mostly autograph and signed, by Reclus (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1870Reclus, (Jean-Jacques) Elis?e (1830-1905), French geographer and political radical (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1878Brabrook, Sir Edward William (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1879Elie Reclus - La Legende D Orphee digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1885Les primitiis: Études d'ethnologie comparée, ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1891Primitive folk : studies in comparative ethnology / by Élie Reclus. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1904Élie Reclus died at Brussels.
  9. 1908Les croyances populaires: Leçons sur l'histoire des religions, professées à l'Université ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  10. 1908Les croyances populaires: leçons sur l'histoire des religions professées à l ... digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Élie Reclus”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1227381: Élie Reclus

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