Science on the 28th of February 1840 in history

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28 Feb 1840 Henri Duveyrier	science	birth Henri Duveyrier Born 28 Feb 1840; died 25 Apr 1892 at age 52. French explorer who contributed to African ethnology with his study of the Tuareg people of the Sahara. He travelled through the region south of the Atlas Mountains, between Morocco and Tunisia. There he spent months living with the Tuareg, a pastoral people, observing their customs, speech, and their interest in poetry.	0

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