Alain Gerbault
French yachtsman, author and tennis player (1893-1941) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 48
Alain Jacques Georges Marie Gerbault was a French sailor, writer and tennis champion, who made a circumnavigation of the world as a single-handed sailor. He eventually settled in the islands of south Pacific Ocean, where he wrote several books about the islanders' way of life.
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As a tennis player he was ranked the fifth on the French rankings in 1923.
Country
France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1893 to 1941 · aged 48
