Jules Marcel de Coppet
French colonial governor
About Jules Marcel de Coppet
Lived 1881 – 1968 (aged 87). Jules Marcel de Coppet was a French colonial administrator, translator and politician.
Jules Marcel de Coppet (18 May 1881 in Paris – 31 August 1968 in Quiberville, France) was a French colonial administrator stationed in several countries in Africa before becoming governor-general of French West Africa.
He was also a significant figure in the French intellectual and literary life of his time, close to André Gide and especially Roger Martin du Gard, whose daughter he married.
Biography Coppet was governor of the colony of Dahomey from 1933 until 1934. From 7 May 1934 to 18 July 1935, he governed French Somaliland.
Succeeding Jules Brévié, he became governor-general of French West Africa on September 27, 1936, and retained the position until July 14, 1938. Upon his departure, Léon Geismar took over for a few months until the arrival of Pierre Boisson.
He also oversaw the creation of an encyclopedia devoted to Madagascar which was published in 1947.
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French colonial governor (1881–1968)
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Jules Marcel de Coppet was born on 18 May 1881 in Paris.
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Jules Marcel de Coppet died on 31 August 1968 in Quiberville-sur-Mer.
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Jules Marcel de Coppet was a colonial administrator, translator and politician.
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Jules Marcel de Coppet was French.
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