# Édouard Foà

> Édouard Foà, born Aron Fortuné Emmanuel Édouard Georges Foà, was a late 19th-century French explorer, photographer and travel writer. He is mainly known for two expeditions across southern and central Africa between 1891 and 1897. Following this, he published nine books on his travels between 1895 and 1901, most of them with photomechanical reproductions of his legacy of more than 500 photographs.

*French geographer and explorer (1862-1901)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1862-12-17
- **Died:** 1901-06-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Édouard Foà, born Aron Fortuné Emmanuel Édouard Georges Foà, was a late 19th-century French explorer, photographer and travel writer. He is mainly known for two expeditions across southern and central Africa between 1891 and 1897. Following this, he published nine books on his travels between 1895 and 1901, most of them with photomechanical reproductions of his legacy of more than 500 photographs.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 36.7 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 4.1 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Timeline
- **1901** - Died
- **1898** - Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
- **1897** - Montyon Prize
- **1894** - Léon Dewez award
- **1862** - Born

## Sources
- [Édouard Foà](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Fo%C3%A0)
- [Édouard Foà](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Fo%C3%A0)
- [Édouard Foà](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Fo%C3%A0)
- [إدوارد فوا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%A7)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3579843)

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