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Paul du Chaillu

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French-American anthropologist, zoologist and traveler

FranceHistorical FiguresLived 1835 to 1903 · aged 67
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Paul Belloni Du Chaillu was a French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. He later researched the prehistory of Scandinavia.

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Drawing of Du Chaillu at close quarters with a gorillaDrawing of Du Chaillu at close quarters with a gorillaThe gravesite of Paul DuChaillu in Woodlawn CemeteryThe gravesite of Paul DuChaillu in Woodlawn Cemetery

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About this person

Country
France
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1835 to 1903 · aged 67
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25 languages

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