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Le Hérissé, A. (Auguste), 1876-1953

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Personal name headingLe Hérissé, A. (Auguste), 1876-1953
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Variant(s)Hérissé, A. le (Auguste le), 1876-1953
Le Hérissé, Auguste, 1876-1953
Associated countryFrance Benin Senegal
Birth date18760329
Death date19530911
Field of activityFon (African people) Benin--History--To 1894 Ethnology--Benin
Profession or occupationColonial administrators
Found inL'ancien royaume du Dahomey, 1911: t.p. (A. le Hérissé)
OCLC, Feb. 11, 2015 (access points: Le Hérissé, A.; Le Hérissé, A. (Auguste), 1876-1953; Le Hérissé, Auguste, 1876-1953; usage: A. Le Hérissé)
Wikipedia, German version, Feb. 11, 2015 (Auguste Le Hérissé; Auguste Louis René Joseph Le Hérissé; b. Mar. 29, 1876 in Antrain, Ille-et-Vilaine; d. Sep. 11, 1953; French administrator of Dahomey in the early 20th century)
Historical dictionary of Benin, 2013, viewed online Feb. 11, 2015: page 239 (Le Hérissé, Auguste; colonial administrator; arrived in Porto Novo Dec. 1900, served for 6 years in Abomey, during which time he studied customs of the Fon and the history of the former kingdom of Dahomey, thoroughly mastering Fongbé; his 1911 work is considered a classic; in 1914 he was reassigned to Senegal until his retirement in 1924; he later served as mayor of his home village, where he died in 1953)
Associated languagefre