Emmanuel de Martonne
| Emmanuel de Martonne | |
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Emmanuel de Martonne, taken before 1929
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| Born |
1 April 1873 Chabris, France |
| Died | 24 July 1955 (aged 82) Sceaux, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Geographer |
Emmanuel de Martonne (1 April 1873 – 24 July 1955) was a French geographer. He participated in the Paris Peace Conference.
He was born on 1 April 1873 in Chabris, Indre, France, and was the son-in-law of Paul Vidal de la Blache. In 1882, he entered the École Normale Supérieure. He graduated three years later with a degree in history and geography. After that, he worked with Ferdinand von Richthofen and Albrecht Penck.
In 1899, de Martonne became a professor at the University of Rennes. In 1905, he started at the University of Lyon, and four years later at the Sorbonne.
During the Paris Peace Conference after World War I, he was an adviser of Minister of Foreign Affairs André Tardieu and Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, and he also lobbied for the return of Alsace-Lorraine to the French. De Martonne was also secretary of the Comité D'études, which worked on fixing boundary issues following the war, especially in Romania and the Balkans. He was familiar with Central Europe and Romania, as he had conducted studies in the Southern Carpathians earlier in his life.
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