| LC control no. | nr 95034736 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Révoil, Georges, 1852-1894 |
| Variant(s) | Révoil, G. (Georges), 1852-1894 Révoil, Georges Emmanuel Joseph, 1852-1894 |
| Associated country | France |
| Associated place | Somalia Iraq Costa Rica Paraguay |
| Birth date | 1852-01-24 |
| Death date | 1894-08-18 |
| Place of birth | Nîmes (France) |
| Place of death | Recife (Brazil) |
| Field of activity | Africa, East--Description and travel Somalia--Description and travel France--Foreign relations |
| Affiliation | France. Ministère de l'instruction publique |
| Profession or occupation | Explorers Diplomats Consuls Photographers |
| Found in | Sur les routes antiques de l'Azanie et de l'Inde, 1993: p. 9, etc. (Georges Révoil; Georges Emmanuel Joseph Révoil, b. Jan. 24, 1852 in Nîmes; attaché culturel de France; d. Aug. 18, 1894 in Recife, Brazil) Dix mois à la côte orientale d'Afrique, 1889: t.p. (G. Révoil) Wikipedia, French version, January 18, 2019 (Georges Révoil; French explorer of Africa, photographer, and diplomat (consul honoraire); attaché at ministère de l'Instruction Publique, then became consul honoraire; traveled several times between 1877 and 1883 to Somalia and elsewhere in eastern Africa on behalf of the government; headed a mission to the Great Lakes region in 1886; in July 1887 he became vice-consul of France at Bassora [Basra, Iraq]; then named consul of France, assigned in 1890 to San José, Costa Rica, then to Asuncion [Paraguay]; transported to Pernambuco [state, capital Recife], where the family of his Brazilian wife lived], ill with beriberi; died there) |
| Associated language | fre |
 |  |  |
View this record in: MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
