biography
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Garnier, Francis
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originally Marie Joseph François Garnier
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pronunciation:
[gah(r)nyay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1839–73)
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| biography:
| Explorer, born in St Etienne, SW France. As a naval officer, he fought in the Chinese war (1860–2). Appointed to a post in Cochin-China (S Vietnam), he was second-in-command of the Mekong R Expedition (1866–8) during which he mapped 3100 mi of unknown territory in Cambodia and Yunnan. He aided in the defence of Paris (1870–1), and in the Tonkin War (1873) took Hanoi, but was killed in a further battle to retain it. |
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