Lucien Gallois facts for kids
Lucien Louis Joseph Gallois (born February 21, 1857 – died March 21, 1941) was an important French geographer. He was born in the city of Metz.
Early Life and Education
Lucien Gallois studied in Paris at the École Normale Supérieure. There, he learned from a famous geographer named Paul Vidal de la Blache. In 1884, Gallois passed a special exam called the agrégation. This allowed him to teach at universities.
Teaching Career
In 1893, Gallois started teaching at the Sorbonne as a lecturer. From 1898 to 1907, he was a professor of geography at the École Normale Supérieure. After that, he returned to the Sorbonne as a professor. He taught there until he retired in 1927.
Important Contributions
Gallois helped start a geography magazine called Annales de géographie. He worked on this magazine with his teacher, Paul Vidal de la Blache.
After Vidal de la Blache passed away in 1918, Gallois took over a big project. This project was called Géographie universelle. It was a huge study of the regional geography of the entire world.
Key Studies
Gallois was very interested in cartography, which is the art of making maps. He also loved the history of geography.
In 1890, he wrote an important book called Les géographes allemands de la Renaissance. This book was about German mapmakers and geographers from the Renaissance period.
Another well-known book by Gallois was Régions naturelles et noms de pays: Étude sur la région Parisienne. This book looked at the natural areas and place names around Paris.
See also
In Spanish: Lucien Gallois para niños
