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Raoul Blanchard

French geographer1877 to 1965

Wikidata names Édouard Ardaillon as doctoral advisor and names Louis Gallouédec and Paul Vidal de La Blache as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Édouard Ardaillon

Teachers and mentors2

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Louis Gallouédec
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Paul Vidal de La Blache

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stated by WikidataÉdouard Ardaillon

Education and career7

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1897 to 1900
École Normale Supérieure
studied
until 1906
University of Lille
studied
1913 to 1948
University of Grenoble
worked
1922 to 1936
Harvard University
worked
1929 to 1960
Université de Montréal
worked
undated
École Sainte Croix
studied
undated
lycée Pothier
studied

At a glance

known as: geographer, university teacher, mountaineer, researcher, secondary school teacher, photographer
degrees: Doctor of Arts, University of Lille, 1906
awards: CNRS Gold medal, 1960, Charles P. Daly Medal, 1956, honorary doctorate at the Laval University, 1952, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, 1959, Honorary doctors of Ghent University, 1935, honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal, 1937, Broquette-Gonin prize in literature, 1962, Broquette-Gonin prize in philosophy, 1959, grand prix de la Société de géographie, 1956
member of: Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, from 1958, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1936, Berlin Geographical Society, Canadian Association of Geographers, 1952
Wikipedia: in 10 languages

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stated by WikidataWikipediaRaoul Blanchard
stated by WikidataWikidataQ524074
stated by WikidataVIAF41836743
stated by WikidataGND132786915
stated by WikidataIdRef026731428
stated by WikidataISNI0000000121296056

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@misc{academicancestry_Q524074,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Raoul Blanchard: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q524074},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Raoul Blanchard: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q524074