Camille Coquilhat

Camille-Aimé Coquilhat
Portrait photograph of a young man wearing a military uniform with a prominent moustache
Portrait of Coquilhat from Henry Morton Stanley's The Congo and The Founding of its Free State (1885).
Born(1853-10-15)15 October 1853[1]
Liège, Belgium
Died24 March 1891(1891-03-24) (aged 37)[1]
Boma, Congo Free State
(modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo)
NationalityBelgian
Occupation(s)Soldier, civil servant, writer

Captain Camille-Aimé Coquilhat (1853–1891) was a Belgian soldier, explorer and colonial civil servant who finished his career as Vice Governor-General of the Congo Free State from 1890 until his death in 1891. He was notably an associate of Henry Morton Stanley during his expeditions in the Haut-Congo during the mid-1880s.

  1. ^ a b Revue encylopédique 1891.