Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de, 1852-1905

LC control no.	n 83033551
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de, 1852-1905 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	De Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan, 1852-1905 Savorgnan de Brazza, Pierre, 1852-1905 Savorgnan de Brazza, Pierre Paul Francois Camille, comte, 1852-1905 Savorgnan di Brazzà, Pietro, 1852-1905 Brazzà, Pietro Savorgnan di, 1852-1905 Di Brazzà, Pietro Savorgnan, 1852-1905
Associated country	France Congo (Brazzaville)
Associated place	Brazzaville (Congo)
Birth date	18520126
Death date	19050914
Place of birth	Papal States Castel Gandolfo (Italy)
Place of death	Dakar (Senegal)
Field of activity	Africa--Discovery and exploration France--Colonies--Administration
Profession or occupation	Explorers Colonial administrators Nobility
Found in	Brousseau, G. Souvenirs de la Mission ... Baldisseṙa, C. Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà, esploratore friulano, c1982: t.p. (Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà) Encyc. Brit., 15th ed. (Brazza, Pierre-Paul-François-Camille Savorgnan de, b. 1-26-1852 near Rome, d. 9-14-05 Dakar; an Ital. count, became a French citizen in 1874; explorer, colonial administrator, founder of Brazzaville) Grand Larousse (Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de, 1852-1905; French explorer; studied at École navale as foreign student; naturalized in 1874) Dict. de biog. franc. (Brazza, Pierre-Paul-Francois-Camille Savorgnan de, b. 1-25-1852, d. 9-14-05) Wikipedia, July 28, 2015 (Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza; Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà, then known as Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (26 January 1852-14 September 1905), was an Italian explorer and freemason, born in the Papal States and later naturalized as a Frenchman. With the backing of the Société de Géographie de Paris, he opened up for France entry along the right bank of the Congo that eventually led to French colonies in Central Africa. Under French colonial rule, the capital of the Republic of the Congo was named Brazzaville after him and the name was retained by the post-colonial rulers; born in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome; died in Dakar; his body was repatriated to France and he was given a state funeral at Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, prior to interment at the cemetery of Père Lachaise. His widow, Thérèse, dissatisfied with the politicians' subsequent behaviour, had his body exhumed and reinterred in Algiers; On 30 September 2006, de Brazza's remains were exhumed from Algiers along with those of his wife and four children. They were reinterred in Brazzaville on 3 October in the new marble mausoleum which had been prepared for them)
Associated language	fre