Camille Coquilhat
Captain Camille-Aimé Coquilhat (1853–1891) was a Belgian soldier, explorer and colonial civil servant who finished his career as Vice Governor-General of the Congo Free State from 1890 until his death in 1891. He was notably an associate of Henry Morton Stanley during his expeditions in the Haut-Congo during the mid-1880s.
Camille-Aimé Coquilhat | |
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Portrait of Coquilhat from Henry Morton Stanley's The Congo and The Founding of its Free State (1885). | |
| Born | 15 October 1853 Liège, Belgium |
| Died | 24 March 1891 (aged 37) |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation(s) | Soldier, civil servant, writer |
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