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See also: born of French parents at See also: Astrakhan, See also: Russia, on the 6th of See also: March 1852
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After receiving his
See also: education at the university and technical institute of St See also: Petersburg, he adopted See also: engineering as a profession, and in this capacity travelled extensively in the petroleum districts of the See also: Caucasus, in Central See also: Europe, See also: Italy and Dalmatia
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Settling at See also: Paris in 1876, he studied at the See also: Sorbonne, where he took his degree in natural science
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In 1888 he was appointed chief librarian of the Natural See also: History Museum, Paris
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Among his many valuable ethnological See also: works mention may be made of Recherches anatomiques et embryologiques sur See also: les singes anthropoides (1886); Etude sur les Kalmouks (1883); Les Ghiliaks (1883); and Races et peoples de la terre (1900)
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He became one of the chief editors of the Dictionnaire de geographie universelle, and published many papers in the anthropological and zoological See also: journals of See also: France
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