Jules Harmand
François Jules Harmand (born October 23, 1845 in Saumur , † January 14, 1921 in Poitiers ) was a French naturalist and traveler .
He studied medicine in Paris and Strasbourg and took part as a naval doctor in various expeditions of the fleet until 1870, was in the Baltic Sea during the Franco-German war and in 1871 took part in the campaign against the Kabyle . He was then added as a doctor and naturalist to Louis Delaporte's scientific expedition , which was to conduct research and collections in Cambodia and then in Tongking . All members of the expedition fell ill, with the exception of Harmand, who then accompanied Francis Garnier to Tongking, took part in the campaign and held the post of governor for a while, until he returned to France in 1874. For the second time he traveled to Cambodia from 1875 to 1877, explored the tributaries of the Mekong , crossed the great Indo-Chinese mountain range and reached Huế . From 1881 to 1907 he worked as a French diplomat in East Asia.
He published reports of his travels in the Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Paris, in the Tour du monde , in the Annales de l'extrême orient etc.
literature
- Léonard Aurousseau: Jules Harmand. In: Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Vol. 22 (1922), pp. 402-404, doi: 10.3406 / befeo.1922.2980 .
- Geneviève Salkin-Laparra: Le triple destin de Jules Harmand: Médecin, explorateur, diplomate. Economica, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-7178-2264-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Léonard Aurousseau: Jules Harmand. In: Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Vol. 22 (1922), pp. 402-404, doi: 10.3406 / befeo.1922.2980 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harmand, Jules |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harmand, François Jules |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French naturalist and traveler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saumur |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1921 |
| Place of death | Poitiers |