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François Pollen
Dutch naturalist and merchant (1842–1886) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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François Paul Louis Pollen (1842–1886) was a Dutch naturalist and merchant. He made major contributions to the study of the Malagasy fauna.
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