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Emmanuel de Margerie

French geographer (1862–1953)

Emmanuel Marie Pierre Martin Jacquin de Margerie ForMemRS (11 November 1862 – 20 December 1953) was a French geographer after whom the Margerie Glacier was named, which he visited in 1913.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Emmanuel de Margerie (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Nov 11, 1862, died Dec 21, 1953.¹

Companies

Société géologique de FranceChair¹⁵

Early life and education

He is the son of French catholic writer Eugène de Margerie, and a member of the Jacquin de Margerie Family, a French family of nobility dating back to 17th-century royal administrators of Picardy under rule of Louis XIV.

From Wikipedia’s article on Emmanuel de Margerie (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Career

Occupation: geographer, university teacher, oceanographer, geologist.⁶

1919President of the Geological Society of France⁴
1899President of the Geological Society of France⁴
Date not recordedWorked at University of Strasbourg³
Date not recordedChair, Société géologique de France⁵

Personal life

BornNov 11, 1862, 7th arrondissement of Paris⁷
DiedDec 21, 1953, 7th arrondissement of Paris⁸
CitizenshipFrance⁹

Awards

1946Wollaston Medal^{10 14}
1931Foreign Member of the Royal Society¹⁰
1930Victoria Medal¹⁰
1923Mary Clark Thompson Medal^{10 13}
1923Officer of the Legion of Honour¹⁰
1921Lyell Medal^{10 12}
1919Cullum Geographical Medal^{10 11}
1912Knight of the Legion of Honour¹⁰
Date not recordedofficier d'académie¹⁰

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WikidataEmmanuel de Margerie on Wikidata
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WikidataEmmanuel de Margerie: Worked at University of Strasbourg, on Wikidata
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WikidataEmmanuel de Margerie: President of the Geological Society of France, on Wikidata
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WikidataEmmanuel de Margerie: Chair, Société géologique de France, on Wikidata
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WikidataEmmanuel de Margerie: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataEmmanuel de Margerie: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataSociété géologique de France, Chair
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Wikimedia CommonsEmmanuel de Margerie photo by Michel Yrondy (18..-19..), Public domain