Jean Leonard Malaurie

Background

Malaurie, Jean Leonard was born on December 22, 1922 in Mainz, Germany. Son of Albert and Isabelle (Regnault) Malaurie.

Education

Doctor es lettres, U. Paris. Attaché, then research fellow National Center Science.

Career

Research, 1948-1956, member of national committee geography,1955-1967, 80—. Professor Arctic geomorphology and anthropo/geography Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, 1957-1979, 82. Founder, 1957, since director Center Arctic Studies, National Science Center Research, director Arctic research, since 1979.

President Fond Francaise d"Etudes Nordiques, 1957-1975, Société Arctique Francaise, since 1981, Inter-Nord, International Journal Arctic Studies, since 1963.

Chairman Polar geography commission Committee National Geography, since 1974. Chairman 12 Arctic international congresses, chairman delegations international meetings

Founder-director anthropological serie: Terre Humaine, 1955. Author: The Hoggar, 1953, The Last Kings of Thule, 1955 (translation into 16langs.), Thèmes de recherches geomorphologiques dan le North.O. du Groenland, 1968, Les Civilisations Esquimaudes: Essai d"Anthropo/Geography, 1975.

Achievements

• Jean Leonard Malaurie has been listed as a noteworthy anthropo/geographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member national; Member Academie de Rouen.

Connections

Married Monique Laporte, December 27, 1951. Children: Guillaume, Eleonore.

Father:

Albert Malaurie

Mother:

Isabelle (Regnault) Malaurie

Spouse:

Monique Laporte

child:

Eleonore Malaurie

child:

Guillaume Malaurie