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Paul Du Chaillu

Paul Du Chaillu

French-American traveler and zoologist
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... Wikipedia
Born: July 31, 1831, Réunion
Died: April 29, 1903 (age 71 years), Saint Petersburg, Russia
Known for: "Discovery" of gorilla, Pygmy people
Nationality: American and French
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