French explorer and colonial administrator in Indochina (1839–1873)
Francis Garnier
Lieutenant de vaisseau Francis Garnier
Birth name
Marie Joseph François Garnier
Born
(1839-07-25)25 July 1839 Saint-Etienne, France
Died
21 December 1873(1873-12-21) (aged 34) Hanoi, Vietnam
Allegiance
Second French Empire French Republic
Service/branch
French navy
Years of service
1855-1873
Rank
Lieutenant
Battles/wars
Second Opium War Cochinchina Campaign Franco-Prussian War
Awards
Legion of Honour
Spouse(s)
Claire Knight
(m. 1870)
Children
1
Marie Joseph François Garnier (Vietnamese: Ngạc Nhi; 25 July 1839 – 21 December 1873) was a French officer, inspector of Indigenous Affairs of Cochinchina and explorer. He eventually became mission leader of the Mekong Exploration Commission in 19th century Southeast Asia.[1]
^One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Garnier, Marie Joseph François". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 472.
Asia. FrancisGarnier was born on 25 July 1839 in Saint-Étienne, as the second son of Louis-Alexandre Garnier and Anne Marie Félicité Garnier. In 1855...
first French attempt to conquer Tonkin, led by the naval lieutenant FrancisGarnier. On 21 December 1873 Liu Yongfu and around 600 Black Flags, marching...
the French Navy have been named after the explorer FrancisGarnier: French sloop FrancisGarnier, previously the Italian sloop Eritrea she was acquired...
Army to face an attempt to conquer Tonkin by French naval lieutenant FrancisGarnier, who was acting without orders after having been sent there on a diplomatic...
Navy used Eritrea in colonial service with the name FrancisGarnier until 1965. FrancisGarnier was then declassed to become a target ship. She was sunk...
FrancisGarnier was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The Bouclier class were...
southern China. Among the early French explorers was an expedition led by FrancisGarnier, who was killed during an expedition by Haw rebels in Tonkin. The French...
The Garnier Expedition was a French expedition in Tonkin between November 1873 and January 1874. Lieutenant FrancisGarnier, who had been sent by France...
consisting of 250 marines, sailors, and Cochinchina auxiliaries led by FrancisGarnier arrived in Hanoi, with additional orders to demand that the river be...
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with the French Mekong Expedition led by Ernest Doudard de Lagrée and FrancisGarnier, which ascended the river from its mouth to Yunnan between 1866 and...
Africa, Central Africa) Ernest Doudart de Lagrée (Southeast Asia) FrancisGarnier (Southeast Asia) Pierre-Médard Diard (Southeast Asia) Albert Dolisie...
been written in Vietnamese records, only 柴棍 (Sài Gòn). French officer FrancisGarnier proposes that Sài Gòn's etymology is in the Cantonese name of Chợ Lớn...
USS Colahan 30 Dec: USS Mahnomen County Unknown date: USS Corson, FrancisGarnier, Flying Gull Other incidents February (unknown date): Beberibe 21 Apr:...
or Salle Garnier was built to designs of the architect Charles Garnier, who also designed the Paris opera house now known as the Palais Garnier. Although...
the case for Cambodia. Pantheon Books. p. 54. ISBN 0-394-51115-8. FrancisGarnier, quoted in: Hồng Sến Vương, Q. Thắng Nguyễn (2002). Tuyển tập Vương...