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Augustin Bernard
1865–1947
A French geographer and historian of North Africa, he wrote widely about Algeria, Morocco, and the French colonial world. His work helped shape how these regions were studied in French universities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
1 Audiobook
La pénétration saharienne (1830-1906)
by Augustin Bernard, Napoléon Lacroix
About the author
Born on August 26, 1865, in Chaumont-sur-Tharonne, Augustin Bernard became a French geographer and historian known especially for his studies of North Africa. He trained at the Sorbonne, earned his doctorate in 1895, and began teaching in Algiers, where he taught modern African history and the geography of Africa.
From 1902 until 1935, he held the chair of colonial geography at the Sorbonne. He also taught at other leading institutions, including the École coloniale and HEC, and built a reputation as a specialist in Algeria and the wider Maghreb.
Bernard published many works on Algeria, Morocco, and the French colonial empire, and he was elected to the Académie des sciences morales et politiques. He died on December 29, 1947, in Bourbon-l'Archambault. No suitable confirmed portrait image was found during this search, so no profile image is included.