Élie Reclus

Élie Reclus

Élie Reclus (French: [ʁəkly]; 16 June 1827, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande – 11 February 1904, Brussels) was a French ethnographer who studied what were then called primitive cultures. He served as director of the Bibliotheque National in Paris.

He was the oldest of five brothers, born to a Protestant minister and his wife. His middle three brothers, including the well known anarchist Elisée Reclus, all became geographers.

He is also known for his anarchist writings.

Works

• Many articles in French or foreign journals or magazines, among which:
  • Revue de l’Ouest, Bay Saint-Louis (USA) ;
  • Mysl, then Dielo, Saint-Petersburg ;
  • Rousskoïé Slovo ;
  • The Times ;
  • Putnam’s Magazine,
  • International, San Francisco) ;
  • La Gironde (« Lettres d’un cosmopolite ») ;
  • La Rive gauche ;
  • La Nouvelle Revue,
  • Revue de la Société d’anthropologie ;
  • La Commune.
• 1864 : Introduction to the Dictionnaire des communes de France, in collaboration with Élisée Reclus, Hachette.
• 1885 : Les Primitifs, Chamerot.
• 1894 : Les Primitifs d’Australie, Dentu.
• 1896 : Renouveau d’une cité, in collaboration with Élisée Reclus, La Société nouvelle.
• 1894–1904 : conferences at the New University of Brussels on the evolution of religions.
• 1904–1910, posthumes:
  • Le Mariage tel qu’il fut et tel qu’il est, Imprimerie nouvelle, Mons;
  • La Commune de Paris au jour le jour, Schleicher, reedited in 2011 by the Association Théolib ;
  • Les Croyances populaires, lessons at the New University;
  • Le Pain. La Doctrine de Luther, la Société nouvelle;
  • Les Physionomies végétales, Costes.