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Francis Garnier

1839 - 1873

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Marie Joseph François Garnier (Vietnamese: Ngạc Nhi; 25 July 1839 – 21 December 1873) was a French officer, inspector of Indigenous Affairs of Cochinchina and explorer. He eventually became mission leader of the Mekong Exploration Commission in 19th century Southeast Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Garnier is the 204th most popular explorer (up from 261st in 2019), the 2,400th most popular biography from France (up from 3,092nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francis Garnier ranks 204 out of 498. Before him are James Weddell, Don Walsh, Francisco de Montejo, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Pedro Arias Dávila, and Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec. After him are Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Douglas Mawson, John Rolfe, René Caillié, Vasily Tatishchev, and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Francis Garnier ranks 31. Before him are Yoshitoshi, Karl Alfred von Zittel, George Mary Searle, Henry George, Harry Seeley, and Ahmed Muhtar Pasha. After him are Gaston Paris, Ivan Goremykin, Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, Imre Steindl, Ouida, and Takasugi Shinsaku. Among people deceased in 1873, Francis Garnier ranks 33. Before him are Friedrich Wieck, Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, Giovanni Battista Donati, Johns Hopkins, Edward Blyth, and Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen. After him are Urbano Rattazzi, Wilhelm Marstrand, Tekle Giyorgis II, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, and Charles II, Duke of Brunswick.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis Garnier ranks 2,400 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Breuil (1877), Albert Gleizes (1881), Dominique Vandamme (1770), Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano (1763), Ferdinand Hérold (1791), and Gonzalo Higuaín (1987). After him are Guillaume Canet (1973), Louise Abbéma (1853), Philippe Chatrier (1926), Jean Daniélou (1905), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), and Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1324).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Francis Garnier ranks 21. Before him are Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Henri Mouhot (1826), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867), and Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734). After him are Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), René Caillié (1799), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), André Thevet (1516), and Pierre Poivre (1719).

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