Etienne de Larminat

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Étienne de Larminat (full name Marie Charles Étienne de Larminat ; born August 12, 1863 in Beaurieux (Aisne) , † January 16, 1951 ) was a French officer and topographer .

From 1883 to 1885 he attended the Saint-Cyr Military School . He was used as a military geographer in the infantry . From 1889 to 1898 he served in Algeria and Tunisia . From 1899 he taught as a military topographer in Saint-Cyr. In 1906 he was given leave of absence, in 1909 he resigned from the military and from 1911 worked as director of the Société générale d'études et de travaux topographiques. During the First World War he was mobilized again in 1914-18 and served again in the topographical service of the French army , most recently in the rank of chief de bataillon . In 1900 he became a knight and in 1918 an officer of the Legion of Honor .

Publications (selection)

  • Étude sur les formes du terrain dans le sud de la Tunisie (frontière de la Tripolitaine) . In: Annales de Géographie 5, 22, 1896, pp. 386-406 ( digitized version ).
  • (under the pseudonym L. Esteban): Croquis tunisiens, souvenirs d'un officier des affaires arabes . H. Charles-Lavauzelle, Paris, Limoges 1901.
  • Preparation à l'amplification de la carte au 1 / 80000e exigée pour l'entrée à l'École de guerre . 1904.
  • Topography pratique de reconnaissance et d'exploration suivie de notions élémentaires pratiques de géodésie et d'astronomie de champagne . 1904. 3rd edition 1912.

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SURNAME Larminat, Etienne de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Larminat, Marie Charles Étienne de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French officer and topographer
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Beaurieux (Aisne)
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1951