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Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay

1777 – 1835

French colonial governor

Explorer Colonial administrator Officer of the French Navy

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About Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay

Lived 1777 – 1835 (aged 57). Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay was a French explorer, colonial administrator and officer of the French Navy.

Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay was governor-general for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire.

In 1818, he captained a flotilla leaving Saint Louis, Senegal for the upper Senegal river. He founded the fort of Bakel when the low water level forced them to stop 900 km upriver.

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Important facts

Born

10 September 1777, Paris

Birth century

18th century

Died

21 May 1835

Occupation

Explorer, colonial administrator, Officer of the French Navy

Nationality

France

Positions held

Colonial Governor of French India

Awards

Commander of the Legion of Honour

Also known as

Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Melay

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay's

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

1752 – 1840

Anatomist

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French colonial governor

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Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay was born on 10 September 1777 in Paris.

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Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay died on 21 May 1835.

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Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay was an explorer, colonial administrator and officer of the French Navy.

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Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay

· Wikidata: Q2871242

· DBpedia: Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay

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