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| | Évariste Régis Huc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Évariste Régis Huc, or Abbé Huc, (August 1, 1813 - March 31, 1860) was a French missionary-traveller, famous for his travel accounts in Souvenirs d'un voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet, et la Chine pendant les années 1844—1846. |
 | | When Évariste was twenty-four, he entered the congregation of the Lazarists at Paris, and shortly after receiving holy orders in 1839, went out to China. |
 | | Huc returned to Europe in shattered health in 1852, visiting India, Egypt and Palestine on his way, and, after a prolonged residence in Paris, died on March 31, 1860. |
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