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François Le Vaillant (1753–1824)
Le Vaillant, François (vī-yä
‘). A celebrated French traveler and ornithologist; born in Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, in 1753; died near Sézanne, Nov. 1824. He spent 1780–84 in South Africa, exploring among the Kaffirs, etc.; and returning to France, published the interesting ‘Journey in the Interior of Africa’ (2 vols., 1790–96). He barely escaped death in the Terror, 1793. He published a ‘Natural History of the Birds of Africa’ (6 vols., 1796–1812), and several minor works on birds.