Paul Anthelme Bourde, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Anthelme Bourde

French journalist, author and colonial administrator

Date of Birth: 23-May-1851

Place of Birth: Voissant, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 27-Oct-1914

Profession: playwright, journalist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Paul Anthelme Bourde (23 May 1851 – 27 October 1914) was a French journalist, author and colonial administrator.
Self-taught, he became a respected contributor to Le Temps, writing on a broad range of subjects.
He was hostile to the poets associated with the Decadent movement and positive about colonial enterprises.
He did much to improve agriculture, particularly the cultivation of olives, in Tunisia.