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french geographer- CAMILLE VALLAUX
Geography (GEO-1)
University of Delhi
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MODERN FRENCH GEOGRAPHY
The development of modern geography in France took place in the latter half of the 19 th century with the impact of Darwinian evolutionary thought after publication of Darwin’s book ‘Origin of Species’ in 1859. Big advances in the studies of human societies also led to the evolution of the French School.
France entered the modern era of geography shortly behind Germany. While the German tradition quickly filled with new scholars, the French owe much of their tradition to one man, Paul Vidal de la Blache.
Blache is credited for helping to establish an entire generation of geographers in France. In the outstanding lot of pupils of Blache, one was Camille Vallaux.
FRENCH GEOGRAPHER
CAMILLE VALLAUX
(1870-1945)
[Geographer, Philosopher, Oceanographer]
Camille Vallaux was an eminent geographer and a pioneer of oceanography.
He was brilliant in his secondary studies and academics.
He obtained the license of letters in 1893 and received with the aggregation of history-geography in 1894. Then he began his career as a professor.
The pupil of Vidal de la Blache successively became a high school teacher in Pontivy and Brest, where he discovered a powerful attraction for the sea before being from 1901-1913 professor of geography at the Naval School.
The originality of Camille Vallaux is to have directed its work towards the Geography of Seas and Oceans.
His work focused on Brittany- social and geopolitical issues, the sea and the oceans.
PUBLICATIONS
The following publications go to his credit:
Low Brittany, Study of Human Geography(1907), Thesis of Doctorate, Republished in (1980) Seas and Oceans(1932) General geography of the seas(1933)
His fundamental works, in particular his general geography of the seas published in 1933 were not recognized at their fair value until after his death.
His books present the most thorough methodological study in French Geography, probably the ablest presentation of the concept of human geography as the study of interrelations.
french geographer- CAMILLE VALLAUX
Course: Geography (GEO-1)
University: University of Delhi
