Albert Gervais

Item

Type

Person See all items with this value

Title

Albert Gervais

Creator

Albert Gervais See all items with this value

jobTitle

Military Doctor See all items with this value

gender

Male See all items with this value

nationality

French See all items with this value

nickname

Jen-I-Kouan

Date

1891-1979

birthPlace

Marseille

deathPlace

Nice

Description

Albert Gervais, a French military doctor, originally compiled this archive. He was born in Marseille (France) in 31 December 1891 but his birth was officially declared the next day to gain a year. He died in Nice (France) the night of 25-26 November 1979. Taken between 1919 and 1925, the photographs of this archive document chiefly Sichuan province in Western China. Gervais (called Jen-I-Kouan in Chinese) was based in Chengdu, where he worked in a hospital managed by French missionaries while teaching Western Medicine to Chinese students. Back in France, he published several novels and journal articles (see references below) about his personal experience in China.

url

https://jenikouan.wordpress.com

Item sets

Albert Gervais Archive

Media

okok.jpg