Pierre Camille Victor Huas (29 June 1858 – after 1901) was a French Naval medical officer known as a photographer active in nineteenth century West Africa.

Naval career

Huas joined the

French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...

as a 3rd Class Physician in 1880, receiving promotion to 2nd class on 3 May 1884 at

Rochefort Rochefort () may refer to: Places France * Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department ** Arsenal de Rochefort, a former naval base and dockyard * Rochefort, Savoie in the Savoie department * Rochefort-du-Gard, in the Ga ...

. 1 January 1885 he was appointed as Medical Staff to the sloop ''Ardent'' stationed in

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

. On January 1, 1886, he was 1st class doctor in residence at Rochefort. He entered the Naval Reserve at

Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town ('' commune'') and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginning around 3000 BC, settlements in the area of Lorient are attested by the presen ...

on July 27, 1901.

Photography

He accompanied Jean Bayol on his travels through

Rivières du Sud Rivières du Sud (English: ''Southern Rivers'') was a French colonial division in West Africa, roughly corresponding to modern coastal sections of Guinea. While the designation was used from the 18th to 20th century, the administrative division o ...

in 1885 taking many photographs on the journey.

Works

* (1886) ''Considérations sur l'hygiène des troupes en campagne''

References

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