Skip to content
229,518 profiles ranked

Maurice Delafosse

French academic (1870-1926) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 55

Maurice Delafosse was a French ethnographer and colonial official who also worked in the field of the languages of Africa. In a review of his daughter's biography of him he was described as "one of the most outstanding French colonial administrators and ethnologists of his time."

Maurice Delafosse is read about 21 times a day, in 13 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 8 October 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

People around Maurice

Family

Maurice Delafosse
Is this everyone?

Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.

Correct this family

Awards

Marcelin Guérin Prize1913
Officer of the Legion of Honour

About this person

Country
France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1870 to 1926 · aged 55