Conrad Malte-Brun

Conrad Malte-Brun
Born	12 August 1775  Denmark
Died	14 December 1826  (aged 51) Paris
Occupation	Writer

Conrad Malte-Brun^{[needs Danish IPA]} (French: [kɔ̃ʁad malt bʁœ̃]; born Malthe Conrad Bruun; 12 August 1775 – 14 December 1826), sometimes referred to simply as Malte-Brun,^[1] was a Dano-French geographer and journalist. His second son, Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, was also a geographer. Today he is perhaps best remembered for coining the name for the geographic region Oceania (French Océanie) around 1812, he also coined the name Indo-China.