Paul du Chaillu

Paul Belloni Du Chaillu was a French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. He later researched the prehistory of Scandinavia.

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Who was born first?

• Paul du Chaillu and Grigory Potanin were born the same year
• Paul du Chaillu and Alexine Tinne were born the same year
• Paul du Chaillu was born 1 year after John Wesley Powell
• Paul du Chaillu was born 1 year after Ernst Haeckel
• Paul du Chaillu was born 1 year after Gustav Hermann Nachtigal

Timeline

1. Ernst HaeckelFebruary 16, 1834 – August 9, 1919
2. Gustav Hermann NachtigalFebruary 23, 1834 – April 20, 1885
3. John Wesley PowellMarch 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902
4. Alexine TinneOctober 17, 1835 – August 1, 1869
5. Grigory PotaninSeptember 21, 1835 – June 30, 1920
6. Paul du Chaillu (this page)July 31, 1835 – April 30, 1903

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