Pierre George (11 October 1909 – 11 September 2006) was a French

geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...

. George was a member of the

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and his

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beliefs informed his work on

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