Edgar Aubert de la Rüe (1901–1991) was a French geographer, geologist, traveller and photographer who was primarily devoted to the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Kerguelen, and Vanuatu.

Source:[1] Edgar Aubert de la Rüe was born on 7 October 1901 in Geneva (Switzerland) and died on 24 February 1991 in Lausanne.

Edgar Aubert de la Rüe was elected as a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences d'outre-mer on 7 December 1951.

[2] Source:[3] Edgar Aubert de la Rue made six journeys to the Kerguelen Islands ranging from six weeks to over a year.

His first visit was from 12 November 1928 to 25 February 1929 when he stayed at Port-Couvreux and Port-Jeanne d’Arc and explored the coasts and the islands aboard whaling vessels.