William Merlaud-Ponty
Template:Short description Template:Infobox governor Amédée William Merlaud-Ponty (4 February 1866 – 13 June 1915) was a French colonial administrator. He was a Governor General of French West Africa (1908–1915) who particularly interested himself in the economic development and education of Africa.
During World War I, Merlaud-Ponty was responsible for recruiting volunteers for African battlefields.
At Dakar's railway station a 1923 monument dedicated "to the creators of French West Africa and the glory of the Black army" features Paul Ducuing's statues of the tirailleur Demba and the zouave Dupont.[1] The same monument honours the French conqueror of Senegal, Louis Faidherbe, as well as four Governors-General, Noël Ballay, Joost van Vollenhoven, François Clozel and Ponty himself.[2]
See also
- Template:In lang Colonial administrators in Senegal
- History of Senegal
- Education in Senegal
- William Ponty school
- Template:In lang Dakar College of Science and Veterinary Medicine
- École nationale de médecine et pharmacie (Senegal)
- Template:In lang Georges Hardy, Une conquête morale: l'enseignement en AOF, L'Harmattan, 2005, 275 p. (Template:ISBN)
Notes
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- ↑ Olivier Herviaux, "Coly & Sobanski, frères tirailleurs pour la vie" in Le Monde, 25 October 2007
- ↑ René Vanlande, Dakar, Peyronnet, Paris, 1940, p. 189
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