Théophile Tellier
Théophile Tellier (born September 3, 1872 in Boulogne-sur-Seine , † August 25, 1955 in Paris ; full name: Théophile Antoine Pascal Tellier ) was a French colonial official. He was governor of Senegal , Guadeloupe , Dahomey and Niger .
Life
The officer's son Théophile Tellier served as a volunteer in the 10th Hunter Regiment of the French Army from 1890 to 1893. In 1896 he began his career in the French colonial administration in Ivory Coast . In the first few years he took part in several exploration missions and took part in the production of topographic maps of the colony. Tellier was appointed district commander of Indénié in 1901 . In 1907 he became Secretary General of the Ivory Coast and in 1909 Head of Cabinet of the Governor General of French West Africa . From 1920 to 1921 he took over the post of governor of Senegal from Fernand Levêque on an interim basis . In 1928 Tellier was appointed governor of Guadeloupe. The governor 's palace, rebuilt for him in the capital Basse-Terre after a heavy storm, is now a listed building. Tellier returned to Africa in 1931, where he was governor of Dahomey until 1932 and then - following Louis Blacher - as governor of Niger until 1933.
Honors
- Officer of the Order of the Black Star (1903)
- Officer of the Order of Nichan el-Anouar (1904)
- Knight of the Ordre du Mérite Agricole (1906)
- Officer of the Nishan el Iftikhar Order (1907)
- Knight of the Order of the Star of Anjouan (1908)
- Knight (1910), officer (1925) and commander (1931) of the Legion of Honor
Individual evidence
- ^ Tellier, Théophile Antoine Pascal . Archives nationales website , accessed January 31, 2013.
- ↑ Amady Aly Dieng: Blaise Diagne, député noir de l'Afrique . Editions Chaka, Paris 1990, p. 173.
- ↑ a b Index Ta-Ti . Website rulers.org, accessed January 31, 2013.
- ^ Palais d'Orléans ou Palais du Gouverneur . French Ministry of Culture website, published November 9, 2010, accessed January 31, 2012.
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| SURNAME | Tellier, Théophile |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tellier, Théophile Antoine Pascal (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French colonial administrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boulogne-sur-Seine , Seine department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1955 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |