Lucien Gallois
Illustration — Lucien Gallois (before 1929) Lucien Louis Joseph Gallois (21 February 1857 – 21 March 1941) was a French geographer born in Metz. He was a student at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he took classes from Paul Vidal de la Blache (1845–1918). In 1884 he received his agrégation, later becoming a lecturer at the Sorbonne (1893).
Lucien Gallois
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- Full name
- Lucien Louis Joseph Gallois.
- Born
- 1857. · Metz.
- Died
- 1941. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- geographer, cartographer and university teacher.
- Fields
- history of cartography.
- Education
- École Normale Supérieure.
- Honours
- Cullum Geographical Medal and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French and Latin.
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Illustration — Lucien Gallois (before 1929) Lucien Louis Joseph Gallois (21 February 1857 – 21 March 1941) was a French geographer born in Metz. He was a student at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he took classes from Paul Vidal de la Blache (1845–1918). In 1884 he received his agrégation, later becoming a lecturer at the Sorbonne (1893).
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From 1898 to 1907 he was a professor of geography at the École Normale Supérieure, and afterwards a professor at the Sorbonne, where he remained until his retirement in 1927. Gallois made major contributions to the Annales de géographie, a geographical journal that he co-founded with his mentor, Paul Vidal de la Blache. Following the death of Vidal de la Blache in 1918, he assumed directorship of Géographie universelle, a major project involving regional geography of the entire world. Gallois had a keen interest in the fields of cartography and history of geography, as made evident by an influential 1890 study on German geographers of the Renaissance titled Les géographes allemands de la Renaissance. Another noted publication of his was Régions naturelles et noms de pays: Étude sur la région Parisienne (Natural regions and country names: A study of the Paris region).
Lucien Gallois studied at École Normale Supérieure. The recorded working language is French and Latin. The field of work recorded is history of cartography. Employment is recorded with University of Paris. Distinctions recorded are Cullum Geographical Medal and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Lucien Gallois is recorded as geographer, cartographer and university teacher.
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1857
Lucien Gallois born at Metz.
1941
Lucien Gallois died at Paris.
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- Lucien Gallois, Régions naturelles et noms de pays. Étude sur la région parisienne, Paris, cths, 2008 (1 re édition :1909), 381 p, 15 €, Histoire & Sociétés Rurales, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
- Lucien Gallois 1857–1941, Geographers Biobibliographical Studies, 2005
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2005
- Nécrologie - Lucien Gallois (1857-1941), Annales de Géographie, 1941
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1941
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- 1.https://eslettres.bis-sorbonne.fr/notice/Doctorant/5214, consulté le 04 décembre 2023.
- 2.Lucien Gallois, Les géographes allemands de la Renaissance, Paris, E.Leroux, 1890, 266 p., URL : https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k56564410, consulté le 04 décembre 2023.
- 3.Lucien Gallois, De Orontio Finaeo, gallico geographo, Paris, E.Leroux, 1890, 107 p., URL : https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6572089q, consulté le 04 décembre 2023.
- 4.Christophe. Charle. 39. Gallois (Lucien, Louis, Joseph). Publications de l'Institut national de recherche pédagogique. 1986. 2020-09-11. 89–90.
- 5.André Tardieu, La Paix, Paris, Payot, 1921, p. 324.
- 6.Lucien Gallois (1857-1941). data.bnf.fr.
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