Paul du chaillu biography

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Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni

, c.1831–1903, French-American explorer in Africa. Born probably in Paris, he spent his youth on the west coast of Africa, where his father was a trader in Gabon. There he learned the native languages and became interested in exploring the interior. Arriving in the United States in 1852, he became a citizen and gained the support of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences for an expedition to explore Gabon. On his explorations (1855–59), he captured many rare birds and animals, some of them previously unknown to science. He brought back the first gorillas to be seen in America. His published account, (1861), upset the previous ideas of the region's geography; Du Chaillu made a second expedition (1863–65) to prove the truth of his account. On this trip he visited many tribes hitherto unknown and verified previous reports of Pygmy people. His book, (1867), is an account of this expedition. His subsequent writings include (1867), (1868), (1870), and (1871). He traveled in Scandinavia (1871–78) and published (1881) and (1889).

See biography by M. Vaucaire (tr. 1930).

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Paul Du Chaillu

French-American anthropologist, zoologist and traveler

Paul Du Chaillu

Born	July 31, 1831/1835/1839
Died	April 16/29, 1903 St. Petersburg, Russia
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Explorer, anthropologist
Known for	"Discovery" of gorilla, Pygmy people

Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (July 31, 1831 (disputed) – April 29, 1903) 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.

Early life and parentage

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There are conflicting reports of both the year and place of Du Chaillu's birth. The year is variously given as 1831 (the consensus of modern scholars),^[2]^[3] 1835, or 1839; the date when given is July 31. Accounts usually cite either Paris or New Orleans^[3] as his likely place of birth. A contemporary obituary quotes a statement made by Du Chaillu referring to "the United States, my country by adoption, and ... France, my native land."^[4] His entry in the 1901-1902 edition of Marquis Who's Who — which was based on information he supplied directly to

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