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Louis Léon César Faidherbe (French pronunciation: [lwi leɔ̃ sezaʁ fedɛʁb]; 3 June 1818 – 29 September 1889) was a French general and colonial administrator. He created the Senegalese Tirailleurs when he was governor of Senegal .
May 30, 2024 · Louis Faidherbe (born June 3, 1818, Lille, France—died Sept. 29, 1889, Paris) was the governor of French Senegal in 1854–61 and 1863–65 and a major founder of France’s colonial empire in Africa. He founded Dakar, the future capital of French West Africa.
Louis Faidherbe, (born June 3, 1818, Lille, Fr.—died Sept. 29, 1889, Paris), Governor of French Senegal (1854–61, 1863–65) and a founder of France’s colonial empire in Africa. Faidherbe was trained as a military engineer and served in Algeria and Senegal before becoming the colonial governor of Senegal.
Louis Léon César Faidherbe, régulièrement appelé Léon Faidherbe, né le 3 juin 1818 à Lille et mort le 28 septembre 1889 à Paris , est un général, un administrateur colonial, principalement du Sénégal [1] et un homme politique français, grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur et médaillé militaire.
Faidherbe was elected to parliament, where he participated in the major debates of the nascent Third Republic and chaired the Central Railway Committee. A man of letters, he studied and published the Libyan inscriptions of Egypt, visited Jerusalem (May 1872), etc.
Jul 4, 2023 · This chapter details the career progression and personal pursuit of languages of Louis Faidherbe and how the two strands came together in his posting to Senegal, where he produced linguistic texts on numerous African languages and worked to spread French through Senegalese schools. The chapter explores Faidherbe’s substantial body ...
May 29, 2018 · Louis Léon César Faidherbe (1818-1889) was a French colonial governor. One of France's great military conquerors, he carved out the boundaries of contemporary Senegal. Louis Faidherbe, the son of a poor enlisted man, was born in Lille on June 3, 1818.
