Nationality French Occupation Colonial Governor | Known for Inventor Name Comte de | |
Born March 29, 1800 ( 1800-03-29 ) Paris Died June 26, 1859(1859-06-26) (aged 59)
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Eugène Panon, Comte Desbassayns de Richemont was born on 29 March 1800 in Paris. His father was Philippe Panon-Desbassayns de Richemont, Comte Desbassayns de Richemont, and his mother was Jeanne-Englée Fulcrande Mourgue. He belonged to the family of Panon Desbassayns de Richemont.
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Political life and achievements
He was Governor General of Pondicherry in India between 1826 and 1828. He was the founder of the Lycée Français de Pondichéry (Collège Royal) on 26 October 1826. In 1839, he donated 15,386 francs for the foundation of a leper colony near Coconut Island. The hospital was completed in 1844, and still exists.
He was the inventor of a method of welding with lead, and of a type of fertilizer.
Marriage
He married Athénaïs-Claire-Joséphine-Grace on June 10, 1829 in Paris.
Death
He died on 26 June 1859 in Paris.