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 edit
He 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 edit
Margerie 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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