# Pierre Monbeig

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'''Pierre Monbeig''' (15 September 1908 – 22 September 1987) was a French geographer.

== Biography ==

Firstly Monbeig was professor in the lyceum Malherbe de Caen in 1931. In the year of 1935 he take the position of professor of physical and human Geography  in the [University of São Paulo](/source/University_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo) (USP), in [Brazil](/source/Brazil). Later he was president of the Brazilian Geographers Association and participate in the Brazilian ''Conselho Nacional de Geografia''. He stayed in [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo) till 1946. Today the University of São Paulo have a chair with his name for the study of contemporaneous Brazilian Geography.

In 1947 he returned to France and researched in [French National Centre for Scientific Research](/source/French_National_Centre_for_Scientific_Research) (CNRS). After that he taught at the [University of Strasbourg](/source/University_of_Strasbourg), simultaneously with the post in Paris.

In 1957 he took up a position as professor of economic geography in the [Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers](/source/Conservatoire_National_des_Arts_et_M%C3%A9tiers) (CNAM), and founded the [Institute for Advanced Latin American Studies](/source/Institute_for_Advanced_Latin_American_Studies). Subsequently, in 1961 he taught at the University of Paris ([Pantheon-Sorbonne University](/source/Pantheon-Sorbonne_University)) and became director of the department of human sciences in the CNRS. In 1963, the [University of São Paulo](/source/University_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo) awarded him an [honorary doctorate](/source/honorary_doctorate).<ref>[http://biton.uspnet.usp.br/secretaria/wp-content/uploads/honoris1954a19622.pdf Honorary Doctorates between the decades of 1950s and 1960s from the University of São Paulo, Brazil]</ref> He retired in 1977.

== Works ==

* Pierre Monbeig, ''Ensaios de geografia humana brasileira'', São Paulo, Livraria Martins, 1940, 294 p.
* Pierre Monbeig, ''La Crise des sciences de l’homme'', Rio de Janeiro, Casa do Estudante do Brasil, 1943, 64 p.
* Pierre Monbeig, ''Pionniers et planteurs de l’État de São Paulo'', Paris, Librairie Armand Colin, 1952, 376 p.
* Pierre Monbeig, ''La Croissance de la ville de São Paulo », Revue de géographie alpine'', 1953.
* Pierre Monbeig, ''Le Brésil'', Paris, PUF, coll. ''Que sais-je?'', 1954.
* Pierre Monbeig, 1957 - ''Novos Estudos de Geografia Humana Brasileira'', São Paulo, Difusão Européia do Livro, 1957, 248 p.
* Pierre Monbeig, 1984 - ''Pioneiros e fazendeiros de São Paulo'', São Paulo, Editora Hucitec/ Polis, 1984, 392 p.

== References ==
* Hervé Théry, Martine Droulers, Pierre Monbeig, un géographe pionnier, Paris, IHEAL, coll. « Travaux et Mémoires », 1991

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== External links ==
*[http://www.cybergeo.eu/index3501.html Page consacrée à Pierre Monbeig] [Cybergeo](/source/European_Journal_of_Geography)

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