Emmanuel de Margerie
Emmanuel Marie Pierre Martin Jacquin de Margerie ForMemRS[1] (11 November 1862 – 20 December 1953) was a French geographer after whom the Margerie Glacier was named, which he visited in 1913.
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| Born | Emmanuel Marie Pierre Martin Jacquin de Margerie 11 November 1862 |
| Died | 20 December 1953 (aged 91) |
| Known for | Margerie Glacier |
| Awards | ForMemRS[1] Cullum Geographical Medal (1919) Lyell Medal (1921) Mary Clark Thompson Medal (1923) Wollaston Medal (1946) |
Early life and family
editHe 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.[2]
Awards and honors
editMargerie was awarded the Cullum Geographical Medal of the American Geographical Society in 1919. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1922.[3] In 1923 de Margerie was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.[4] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1932.[5]
The Margerie Glacier is named in his honour.
References
edit- ^ a b Fleure, H. J. (1955). "Emmanuel Marie Pierre Martin Jacquin de Margerie. 1862-1953". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1: 185–191. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1955.0014.
- ^ Kessler, Marie Christine (2012). Presses de Sciences Po (in French). France: SciencesPo, Les Presses. ISBN 9782724689266.
- ^ "Emmanuel Marie Pierre Martin Jacquin de Margerie". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ^ "Mary Clark Thompson Medal". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
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