MALTE-BRUN, CONRAD

born Aug. 12, 1775, Thisted, Den. died Dec. 14, 1826, Paris, France original name Malte Conrad Bruun author and coauthor of several geographies and a founder of the first modern geographic society. Exiled from Denmark in 1800 for his verses and pamphlets in support of the French Revolution, Malte-Brun established himself as a journalist and geographic writer in Paris. His works include the first six volumes of Prcis de la gographie universelle (181029; Prcis of World Geography). He was a founder and the first secretary of the Socit de Gographie de Paris (1821). His son Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, also a geographer, concerned himself with the course of African and Arctic exploration.