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Edgar Aubert de la Rüe (1901–1991) was a French geographer, geologist, traveller and photographer who was primarily devoted to the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Kerguelen, and Vanuatu. Mount Aubert de la Rue on Heard Island is named after him. ==Biography〔(Academy of Sciences of Outre Mer ) 〕== Edgar Aubert de la Rüe was born on 7 October 1901 in Geneva (Switzerland) and died on 24 February 1991 in Lausanne. He took on the duties of an engineer-geologist from the University of Nancy and a scientific adviser for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. He was also a Doctor of Natural Science from the University of Paris. He dedicated himself to the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1932, 1935, 1937, 1941 to 1943, 1948, and 1970), Kerguelen (1928, 1929, 1931, and from 1949 to 1953), and Vanuatu, and from November 1937 to May 1938 he stayed in French Somaliland. As an Associate of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, his geological activities led him to difficult surveys all around the French Union: Morocco, Ivory Coast, Middle Congo, Madagascar, Réunion, Syria - Lebanon, and French Polynesia. Edgar Aubert de la Rüe was elected as a corresponding member of the ''Académie des sciences d’outre-mer'' on 7 December 1951. He was Professor of higher studies of Latin America from 1965 to 1967.〔(BnF catalogue ) 〕 ;Summary of his Travels *Kerguelen Archipelago: 12 November 1928 to 25 February 1929, 25 January to 27 March 1931, 11 December 1949 to 16 January 1950, 12 December 1951 to 6 January 1953; *Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 7 journeys (1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941 to 1943, 1948, 1970) totalling three years; *French Somaliland: November 1937 to May 1938, accompanied by his wife. *Numerous other journeys - always with his wife - notably Patagonia, Brazil, and Vanuatu. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edgar Aubert de la Rüe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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