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René Chudeau
1864–1921
A French geologist and explorer, he spent years surveying the Sahara and helped deepen European understanding of West Africa’s landscapes. His writing brings together field science, travel, and a close interest in deserts, dunes, and ancient terrain.
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Missions au Sahara, tome 2 : Sahara soudanais
by René Chudeau
About the author
Born in Angers in 1864, René Chudeau was a French geologist who also taught at the University of Besançon. He became known for combining academic geology with demanding fieldwork, especially in North and West Africa.
From 1905 to 1914, he carried out a series of geological surveys across the Sahara, including regions that are now Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. His work focused on subjects such as Quaternary deposits, sand dunes, and wind erosion, and he is also noted for identifying a major basin in the Sahara known as the Taoudeni Basin.
Chudeau died in Paris in 1921. He is remembered as both a scientist and an explorer whose books and reports captured the scale and difficulty of desert research in the early twentieth century.