Hippolyte Sebert (1839–1930)

Born 1839 CE, died 1930 CE.

Hippolyte Sebert (30 January 1839 – 23 January 1930) was a French army general, scientist, and after World War I he was into internationalism and the promotion of Esperanto. Among his many interests was a universal bibliography, photography, and botany.

Text from the Wikipedia article Hippolyte_Sebert, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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