Auguste Le Hérissé

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Auguste Louis René Joseph Le Hérissé (born March 29, 1876 in Antrain , Département Ille-et-Vilaine , † September 11, 1953 ) was the French administrator of Dahomey at the beginning of the 20th century and married a princess from the royal family there.

His main work L'ancien Royaume du Dahomey on this ancient African kingdom presents its customs, religion and history and is considered an ethnological classic.

Works

  • L'ancien Royaume du Dahomey. Mœurs, religion, histoire. Larose, Paris 1911 digitized version

literature

  • Robert Cornevin: Auguste Le Hérissé . In: Académie des sciences d'outre-mer : Hommes et destins: dictionnaire biographique d'outre-mer . Académie des sciences d'outre-mer, Paris 1975–1989.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ecrire l'histoire de l'Afrique à l'époque coloniale (XIXe-XXe siècles) . Karthala Editions, 2009, ISBN 978-2-8111-3212-5 , pp. 166 ( Google Books ).
personal data
SURNAME Le Hérissé, Auguste
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Le Hérissé, Auguste Louis René Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French administrator of Dahomey
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Antrain , Ille-et-Vilaine department
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1953