Pierre-Jean De Smet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Jesuit priest
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Place of Birth: Dendermonde, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Pierre-Jean De Smet
- Pierre-Jean De Smet (30 January 1801 – 23 May 1873), also known as Pieter-Jan De Smet, was a Belgian Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
- He is known for his widespread missionary work in the mid-19th century among the Native American peoples, in the midwestern and northwestern United States and western Canada. His extensive travels as a missionary were said to total 180,000 miles (290,000 km).
- He was known as the "Friend of Sitting Bull", because he persuaded the Sioux war chief to participate in negotiations with the United States government for the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie.
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.03561. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH824- 5343 <P&P>[P&P]
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| Description | American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 18 May 1822 | 15 January 1896 | |
| Location of birth/death | Warren County | Manhattan | |
| Work period | from 1844 until circa 1887 | ||
| Work location | New York City, Washington, D.C. | ||
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.03561. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH824- 5343 <P&P>[P&P]
License: CC-PD-Mark
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