Paul Du Chaillu
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1835 – 1903
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Who was Paul Du Chaillu?
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 researched the prehistory of Scandinavia.
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- Born
- Jul 31, 1835
Paris - Nationality
- France
- United States of America
- Died
- Apr 29, 1903
Saint Petersburg
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on July 23, 2013
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