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Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier

Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier rather than just read about it. In short: Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier (1 May 1917 – 28 April 1995) was a French geographer. She was president of the Société de Géographie from 1983 to 1995 and led the scientific publication L'Information géographique.

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Reference excerpt

Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier (1 May 1917 – 28 April 1995) was a French geographer. She was president of the Société de Géographie from 1983 to 1995 and led the scientific publication L'Information géographique. With Philippe Pinchemel she founded the geographical periodical Hommes et Terres du Nord in 1963.

Life Beaujeu-Garnier began as an Assistant at the Sorbonne from 1942 to 1946. In 1947 she became the first woman in France to be awarded a doctorate in geography. She held professorships at the Faculties of Arts of Poitiers, Lille and from 1960 to 1986, she was a professor at the Sorbonne University.

Publications Le Morvan et sa bordure : étude morphologique (thèse principale), 1947, publiée aux PUF en 1950. La Région du Brenner (thèse complémentaire), 1947 L'Économie de l'Amérique latine, PUF, 1949. (nombreuses rééditions mises à jour) Trois milliards d'hommes : traité de démo-géographie, Hachette, 1965 (réédité en 1969). L'homme et la ville dans le monde actuel, Desclée de Brouwer, 1969. Europe et Amérique, Génin, 1969. Géographie de la population, 2 volumes, Génin, 1969–1973. Traité de géographie urbaine, with Georges Chabot, A. Colin, 1970. Les États-Unis : géographie humaine, Centre de documentation universitaire, 1970. La géographie : méthodes et perspectives, Masson et Cie, 1971. Paris et la région parisienne : atlas pour tous, with Jean Bastié, Berger-Levrault, 1972. (in English) France, Londres/New York, Longman, 1975. Atlas et géographie de Paris & la region d'Ile de France

References

Further reading Clout, Hugh (2009). "Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier (1917–1995)". In Lorimer, Hayden; Withers, Charles (eds.). Geographers Volume 28. Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies. Vol. 28. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 131–146. ISBN 978-0-8264-3752-5. Robic, M.-C. (2009). "Beaujeu-Garnier, J.". In Kitchin, Rob; Thrift, Nigel (eds.). International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Elsevier. pp. 275–276. doi:10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00592-7. ISBN 978-0-08-044910-4.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier

In research: Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1917 births, 1995 deaths, 20th-century French geographers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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