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- Original name:
- Malte Conrad Bruun
- Born:
- Aug. 12, 1775, Thisted, Den.
- Died:
- Dec. 14, 1826, Paris, France (aged 51)
- Notable Works:
- “Precis de la geographie universelle”
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Conrad Malte-Brun
Danish author
Also known as: Malte Conrad Bruun
Conrad Malte-Brun (born Aug. 12, 1775, Thisted, Den.—died Dec. 14, 1826, Paris, France) was an author and coauthor of several geographies and a founder of the first modern geographic society.
Exiled from Denmark in 1800 for his verses and pamphlets in support of the French Revolution, Malte-Brun established himself as a journalist and geographic writer in Paris. His works include the first six volumes of Précis de la géographie universelle (1810–29; “Précis of World Geography”). He was a founder and the first secretary of the Société de Géographie de Paris (1821). His son Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, also a geographer, concerned himself with the course of African and Arctic exploration.
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