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Henri Mouhot

1826 - 1861

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Alexandre Henri Mouhot (15 May 1826 – 10 November 1861) was a French naturalist and explorer of the mid-19th century. He was born in Montbéliard, Doubs, France, near the Swiss border. He died near Luang-Prabang, Laos. He is remembered mostly in connection to Angkor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Mouhot is the 178th most popular explorer (down from 170th in 2019), the 2,160th most popular biography from France (down from 2,108th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Henri Mouhot ranks 178 out of 498. Before him are Paulo da Gama, Gaspar de Lemos, Gustav Nachtigal, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Carsten Borchgrevink, and António de Abreu. After him are Lancelotto Malocello, Edward Wilson, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Sophie Blanchard, Niccolò de' Conti, and Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Henri Mouhot ranks 23. Before him are Spotted Elk, Adolf Bastian, Karl von Piloty, William Waddington, George Johnstone Stoney, and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia. After him are Karl Gegenbaur, Julia Grant, Giovanni Battista Donati, George B. McClellan, Stephen Foster, and Giuseppe Zanardelli. Among people deceased in 1861, Henri Mouhot ranks 26. Before him are Eugène de Mazenod, Heinrich Marschner, Henry Gray, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Jonas Furrer, and Nikolay Dobrolyubov. After him are Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Teréz Brunszvik, Karol Lipiński, Edward Dickinson Baker, and Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Mouhot ranks 2,160 out of 6,770. Before him are Franck Pourcel (1913), Philippe Leroy (1930), Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508), Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809), François-Xavier Ortoli (1925), and Tristan Corbière (1845). After him are Paul Nizan (1905), André Courrèges (1923), Guillaume Amontons (1663), Joseph Meister (1876), Madeleine Vionnet (1876), and Léon Boëllmann (1862).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Henri Mouhot ranks 16. Before him are Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705), Jean Chardin (1643), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), and Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658). After him are Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Francis Garnier (1839), and Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510).

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