Albert Demangeon
Albert Jean Marie Eugène Demangeon (born June 13, 1872 in Cormeilles , Eure, † July 25, 1940 in Paris ) was a French geographer. He is considered a modernizer of geography and geography teaching.
Demangeon was a student of Paul Vidal de la Blache . In 1905 he received his doctorate in the field of regional geography of France. He became a professor in Lille , then at the Sorbonne (1911), where he turned to human geography .
literature
- Denis Wolff: Demangeon (Albert), in Jacques Lévy , Michel Lussault (dir.), Dictionnaire de la geographie et de l'espace des sociétés , Paris, Belin . 2003, p. 234-236 .
- Hugh Clout: Albert Demangeon, 1872-1940: Pioneer of La Géographie Humaine . In: Scottish Geographical Journal . tape 119 , no. 1 , 2003, p. 1-24 , doi : 10.1080 / 00369220318737159 .
- Jean-Louis Tissier: Demangeon (Albert), in Jacques Julliard , Michel Winock (dir.), Dictionnaire des intellectuels français , Paris, Seuil . 1996, p. 347-349 .
- Geoffrey Parker: Albert Demangeon . In: Thomas Walter Freeman (Ed.): Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies . tape 11 . Mansell, London / New York 1987, pp. 13-21 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Demangeon, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Demangeon, Albert Jean Marie Eugène (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cormeilles (yours) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1940 |
| Place of death | Paris |