Borrey, Francis, 1904-1976

LC control no.	no2015073208
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Borrey, Francis, 1904-1976 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	France Niger French Polynesia
Birth date	19040408
Death date	1976
Place of birth	Besançon (France)
Field of activity	Human beings--Effect of climate on Arid regions--Health aspects Adaptation (Physiology) Heat--Physiological effect
Affiliation	PROHUZA Parti progressiste nigérien France. Parlement (1946- ). Assemblée nationale
Profession or occupation	Physicians Surgeons Colonial administrators Politicians Cabinet officers
Found in	L'Évolution économique, sociale & politique des pays d'Afrique Noire, 1960: title page (le Docteur Francis BORREY) Évolution des courbes d'excitabilité neuro-musculaire et séjour en milieu désertique, 1961: Avant-propos (Docteur Francis BORREY, Directeur Général de PROHUZA [Centre d'études et d'informations des problèmes humains dans les zones arides]) Historical dictionary of Niger, 4th ed., 2012, viewed online June 3, 2015: pages 102-103 (Borrey, Francis (1904-1976); colonial administrator, physician and surgeon, and early political leader in Niger; b. April 8, 1904 in Besançon, France; cofounder of the Parti Progressiste Nigérien (PPN-RDA); later a leader of the Union Nigérienne des Indépendants et Sympathisants (UNIS) party until 1955; IOM (Indépendants d'Outre-Mer) parliamentary group councilor from Niger at the French National Assembly, president of its Social Affairs Committee 1947-1953; Niger's delegate to UNESCO; he returned to France after Niger's independence, served as representative of French Polynesia at the Social and Economic Council 1964-1966; later integrated into the French cabinet as minister of agriculture, then of national education)
Associated language	fre