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    Onésime Reclus

    French geographer (1837–1916)

    Onésime Reclus (22 September 1837[1] – 30 June 1916) was a French geographer who specialized in the relations between France and its colonies.

    In 1880 he coined the term "Francophonie" as a means of classification of peoples of the world, being determined by the language they all spoke.[2] While this term did not appear in dictionaries until 1930, it has become more important since the late 20th century as part of conceptual rethinking of cultures and geography.[3]

    Early life and education

    Onésime was born as the middle of five sons of Jacques Reclus (1796–1882), a Protestant minister, and his wife.

    His brothers also became notable in their fields.

    The State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF) contains a corpus of around one hundred letters sent by Élisée Reclus to Pëtr Kropotkin between 1882 and.

    His family had moved to Orthez from Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, where at least one of his brothers was born. His next older and younger brothers both became geographers:

    Career

    Reclus became a geographer. He was particularly interested in France and it