Malte-Brun, Victor Adolphe

(1816 - 1889)

Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (1816 – July 13, 1889) was a French geographer and cartographer.

He was born in Marcoussis, a suburb of Paris, in the Essonne département, the son of Conrad Malte-Brun, another geographer, of Danish origin, and founder of the Société de Géographie.

In 1851, Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun became a member of the Société de Géographie, and quickly rose to be its secretary-general.

He is buried in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.