16 Facts About Paul Bourdarie

Paul Bourdarie was a French explorer, journalist, lecturer and professor.

Paul Bourdarie became known as a specialist in colonial topics and gave lectures on subjects such as growing cotton and domesticating African elephants.

Paul Bourdarie believed in a liberal policy regarding the indigenous people of the French colonies.

Paul Bourdarie was born on 19 July 1864, in Montfaucon, Lot.

Paul Bourdarie's report described the culture of the lime growers of Gabon, the need to establish experimental farms, and construction of a port at Pointe-Noire that would be the terminus of the railway from Brazzaville.

From 1894 to 1897, Paul Bourdarie was secretary general of the Societe africaine de France founded by Admiral Vallon and Doctor Verrier.

In 1897, in La France Noire, Paul Bourdarie acknowledged Brazza's honesty and his contribution to the French Congo colony but opposed his appointment as Commissioner General of the colony on the basis of his lack of tact and the opposition he had raised among the colonists,.

Paul Bourdarie prepared the Chad expedition of Ferdinand de Behagle, who was hanged in 1899 in Dikoa by the order of Rabih az-Zubayr.

Paul Bourdarie then undertook the repatriation of the mission of Behagle and Albert Bonnel de Mezieres.

In 1906, Paul Bourdarie founded the Revue indigene to promote a liberal policy for treatment of indigenous people.

In 1908 Paul Bourdarie was appointed professor at the College libre des sciences sociales under the direction of Ernest Delbet.

In 1915, Paul Bourdarie originated the project to found the Grand Mosque of Paris with an associated Muslim Institute.

Paul Bourdarie was general delegate of the Association cotonniere coloniale from 1917 to 1921.

In 1920, Paul Bourdarie was appointed to the Conseil superieur des Colonies.

In 1928, Paul Bourdarie was decorated as Officer of Public Instruction.

In 1939, Paul Bourdarie was awarded the grand prize of the Academie francaise.