Victor De Compiègne
Louis-Alphonse-Henri-Victor du Pont, marquis de Compiègne (22 July 1846 – 28 February 1877), known as Victor de Compiègne, was a 19th-century French explorer. With his friend Antoine-Alfred Marche he explored the course of the Ogooué River in Gabon between 1872 and 1874. Life Early years Alphonse Louis Henri Victor Du Pont de Compiègne was born on 22 July 1846 in Fuligny, a small village in Champagne, near Bar-sur-Aube. He was the oldest child in the family, and had two sisters and one brother. His father died at the age of 34 in 1857. Her mother, née Noémie de Meyronnet Châteauneuf, became a widow at 30 years of age. Victor was sent to Jesuit boarding school in Paris. He was a brilliant pupil, and obtained his ''baccalauréat'' and a law degree. At the age of 22 he was appointed a second class auditor of the Council of State. He was then sent on a mission to Algeria where he discovered another continent. He returned to Paris in 1868. Aged 22, he was intoxicated by ...
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Fuligny
Fuligny () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. Population Notable people * Victor de Compiègne (1846-1877) - explorer of Gabon See also *Communes of the Aube department The following is a list of the 431 communes of the Aube department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Aube Aube communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Aube-geo-stub ...
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