Paul Vidal de La Blache
1845
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1918
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: French School at Athens, Lycée Charlemagne, École Normale Supérieure
occupation: geographer, geopolitician, political scientist
award received: Charles P. Daly Medal, Commander of the Legion of Honour
Paul Vidal de La Blache (French pronunciation: [pɔl vidal də la blaʃ], Pézenas, Hérault, 22 January 1845 – Tamaris-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 5 April 1918) was a French geographer. He is considered to be the founder of modern French geography and also the founder of the French School of Geopolitics. He conceived the idea of genre de vie, which is the belief that the lifestyle of a particular region reflects the economic, social, ideological and psychological identities imprinted on the landscape. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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