Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin

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Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin (born May 22, 1802 in Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay , Département Calvados , † January 3, 1897 in Paris ) was a French geographer , cartographer , author, translator and editor .

biography

Louis Vivien de Saint Martin came to Paris in 1814 at the age of twelve, where, apart from a stay in Versailles from 1865 to 1877, he always stayed. He was very versatile. In 1821 he was one of the founders of the Société de Géographie , in 1823 he published his first map with constituencies, the Carte électoral et administrative de la France under his own name. Further maps followed such as the General Map Atlas universel in 1825 and in 1826 he was involved in Bibliomappe , an atlas for children and young people.

Louis Vivien was also active in editorial work, such as B. at the Cours complet d'agriculture , which was published in 1834. He then dealt with the translation of Walter Scott and Thomas Bell . He also wrote his own works on the history of the French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte

From 1845 to 1855 Louis Vivien was managing director of the Nouvelles annales des voyages . In the period up to 1863 he wrote and published various travel reports and then founded the annual magazine L'Année géographique , which he ran until 1875. His main work included thorough studies of the geographical conditions of ancient India and Africa during the Roman era . Since he never retired, he published until 1897.

Like many scientists, Louis Vivien received the Order of Officer of the Legion of Honor . He was also appointed honorary president of the Société de Géographie in 1896 .

In 1867 he was elected a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

Selected publications and works

Work from 1824

Maps

  • Carte électoral et administrative de la France , 1823
  • Atlas universel , 1825
  • Department de la Moselle. Renseignements statistiques et synoptiques sur sa situation geographique , Metz: Lith.Etienne , 1858
  • L'Afrique connue des anciens jusqu'au temps de Ptolémée , 1862
  • Carte topographique du département de la Moselle , Paris: A. Logerot, 1869
  • Atlas universel de geographie modern, ancienne et du moyen age , Paris, 1877 fg.

Translations

  • La jolie fille de Perth ( The Fair Maid of Perth ), by Walter Scott, Paris: Pourrat Fréres, 1840
  • Waverly , by Walter Scott, Paris: Pourrat Fréres, 1840
  • La légende de Montrose ( A Legend of Montrose ), by Walter Scott, Paris: Pourrat Fréres, 1841

Editing

  • L'Année géographique , Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie.

Authorship

  • Histoire générale de la Révolution française, de l'Empire, de la Restauration , Paris: Pourrat Frères, 1841–1842
  • Histoire de Napoléon, du Consulat et de l'Empire , Paris: E. et V. Penaud Frères, 1849
  • Étude sur la geographie grecque et latine de l'Inde . - 3 volumes. Paris, 1858-60
  • Le Nord d'Afrique dans l'antiquité grecque et romaine: Étude historique et géographique , Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1863
  • Histoire de la geographique et des découvertes geographiques: depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu 'à nos jours , Paris: Hachette, 1873
  • Nouveau dictionnaire de geographie universelle , with Louis Rousselet . 7 volumes. Paris: Hachette, 1876–95

literature

  • Le Globe. Journal geographique. Organe "puis" Bulletin de la Société , Volume 36, Pages 73-75
  • Le Panthéon de l'industrie: journal hebdomadaire illustré ,

Web links

Commons : Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Library folder at archive.org , accessed on August 30, 2016
  2. ^ Cours complet d'agriculture , Purrat Fréres, Paris, 1834 at Google Books , accessed on August 31, 2016.
  3. ^ Oeuvres de Walter Scott in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on August 31, 2016.
  4. ^ Histoire générale de la Révolution française , Purrat Fréres, Paris, 1841–1842, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on August 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ Histoire de Napoléon , Penaud Fréres, Paris, 1849, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on August 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ L'Année géographique in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on September 1, 2016.
  7. ^ Members of the previous academies. Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on June 24, 2015 (with short biography).
  8. ↑ Le Globe. Journal geographique. Organe "puis" Bulletin de la Société , in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , pages 73-76, accessed on September 2, 2016
  9. ↑ Le Panthéon de l'industrie: journal hebdomadaire illustré , in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , page 265, accessed on September 2, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Vivien de Saint-Martin, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French geographer
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1897
Place of death Paris