Jules-Léon Dutreuil de Rhins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jules-Léon Dutreuil de Rhins

French explorer

Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1846

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

Date of Death: 05-Jun-1894

Profession: geographer, explorer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jules Léon Dutreuil de Rhins (2 January 1846 – 5 June 1894) was a French geographer and explorer, born at Saint-Étienne.
He took part as a midshipman of naval volunteers in the expedition to Mexico and was an ensign during the Franco-Prussian War.
From 1871 to 1876 he was captain of a foreign-going ship, in 1876–1877 commanded the Scorpion of the King of Annam's navy, and in 1882 was Egyptian correspondent of the Temps.
From 1891 to 1894 he explored Chinese Turkestan (East Turkestan) and the most inaccessible and least-known regions of northern and western Tibet.
He was murdered by natives at a small town of eastern Tibet.



Alternative names	Eugene Pirou; Eugené Pirou
Description	French photographer and filmmaker
Date of birth/death	26 September 1841	30 September 1909
Location of birth/death	Tubœuf	Chaville
Authority control	: Q3060110 VIAF: 19954779 ISNI: 0000 0001 1748 8119 GND: 1088323359 SELIBR: 317249 SUDOC: 157330214