Élie Reclus (French:[ʁəkly]; July 16, 1827 – February 11 1904) was a French
ethnographer and anarchist.
Élie Reclus was the oldest of five brothers, born to a Protestant minister and his wife. His middle three brothers, including the well known anarchist
Élisée Reclus, all became geographers.[1]
In 1866 a feminist group called the Société pour la Revendication du Droit des Femmes began to meet at the house of
André Léo. Members included
Paule Minck,
Louise Michel,
Eliska Vincent, Élie Reclus and his wife Noémie, Mme
Jules Simon and
Caroline de Barrau.
Maria Deraismes also participated. Because of the broad range of opinions, the group decided to focus on the subject of improving girls' education.[2]
^"...late in her life, she [West] referred frequently to the anarchist Reclus brothers, one of whom (Elisée Reclus) had been a famous geographer in his time, while the other (Elie Reclus) had been the private tutor of West's father, Charles Fairfield..." Bernard Schweizer, Rebecca West: Heroism, Rebellion, and the Female Epic.Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
ISBN0313323607.