Jean Gottmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Gottmann

French geographer

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1915

Place of Birth: Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1994

Profession: geographer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

(Ivan) Jean Gottmann (10 October 1915, in Kharkov – 28 February 1994, in Oxford) was a French geographer who was best known for his seminal study on the urban region of the Northeast megalopolis.
His main contributions to human geography were in the sub-fields of urban, political, economic, historical and regional geography.
His regional specializations ranged from France and the Mediterranean to the United States, Israel, and Japan.