| LC control no. | n 84235785 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Boilat, P.-D. (P.-David), 1814-1901 |
| Variant(s) | Boilat, David, 1814-1901 |
| Associated country | Senegal |
| Located | France |
| Birth date | 18140416 |
| Death date | 19011219 |
| Place of birth | Senegal |
| Place of death | France |
| Affiliation | Holy Ghost Fathers Catholic Church Sisters of Saint Joseph du Cluny (Bailleul-sur-Thérain, France) |
| Profession or occupation | Historians Painters Missionaries Priests |
| Found in | His Esquisses sénégalaises, c1984: t.p. (David Boilat) p. 5 (abbé David Boilat) jkt. (b. 4-20-1814, Saint-Louis du Sénégal; went to France at 13; ordained 1840; d. 12-19-01) LC data base 12-3-84 (hdg.: Boilat, P. D.; usage: P.-D. Boilat) Bib. nat. (hdg.: Boilat (Abbé P.-D.); usage: P.-D. Boilat) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed April 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Boilat, David; historian, painter, ethnographer, missionary, parish priest; born 16 April 1814 in Senegal; studied at French schools established by Roman Catholic orders, Saint-Louis du Sénégal (1820s); received seminary training at Sisters of Saint Joseph du Cluny, Bailleul-sur-Thérain (France) (1828); was ordained priest at Congregation of the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritains), Paris; parish priest and teacher at Saint Louis and Gorée (1842-1845); compiled research in ethnography (1853); priest of the parish of Seine-et-Marne, France (1853); published grammar manual of the Wolof language (1858); was priest of Nantouillet, France (1868-1901); died 19 December 1901 in France) |
| Not found in | Dict. des lettres franç., 19e s., 1971. |
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