OLLONE, Henri Marie Gustave, vicomte d’. Besançon 4.9.1868 — Lorp-Sentaraille (Ariège) 7.10.1945. French Officer and Explorer. General. Military education at Saint-Cyr, in 1895 participted in Madagascar campaign. Then served in West Africa (Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia). In 1906-09 led an expedition to China. Participated in WW I. Brigade General 1919, grand officer of Légion d’honneur 1933. He covered more than 8000 km and obtained important geographical, archaeological, ethnographic, and linguistic results, especially in Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia and Mongolia.
Publications: “Exploration dans les régions Nord-Est du Tibet”, TP N.S. 9, 1908, 696-705 “Chez les Nomades du Tibet”, Revue des deux Mondes 1911; other articles, also wrote on Africa.
– La Chine Novatrice et Guerrière. 318 p. P. 1908.
– Recherche sur les Musulmans Chinois. 360 p. P. 1911.
– Les Derniers Barbares: Chine, Tibet, Mongolie. 372 p. P. 1911.
– Langues et écritures des peuples non chinois de Chine. 1-2. 1300 p. P. 1912.
Sources: French Wikipédia with photo.
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