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Marie-Jules Dupré

French naval officer
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Born:
Nov. 25, 1813, Albi, Fr.
Died:
Feb. 8, 1881, Paris (aged 67)

Marie-Jules Dupré (born Nov. 25, 1813, Albi, Fr.—died Feb. 8, 1881, Paris) was a French naval officer who served as governor of French Cochinchina (southern Vietnam) in 1871–74. Despite official policy opposing imperialistic expansion, Dupré attempted to establish French dominance in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) with the hope of promoting trade and of finding a commercial route into China. Dupré graduated from the naval school in 1831 as a midshipman; he attained the grade of lieutenant commander in 1847 and became a commander in 1854. He served in the Crimean War and took part in expeditions to Syria and Cochinchina in ...(100 of 502 words)

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