Jean Dybowski

Jean Thadée Emmanuel Dybowski (18 April 1856 – 18 December 1928) was a French agronomist, naturalist and explorer of Polish heritage born in Charonne, Paris.

Born in Charonne, near Paris to Polish parents Józef Dybowski (1812-1885) and Kamila Kosiorowska (1826-1888) who settled in France after the failed November Uprising of 1831.

Soon afterwards, he reached the village of Makourou, north of the Shari River, but was compelled to turn back south due to shortage of provisions.

Dybowski returned to France in April 1892, and despite limited success of the mission from a political standpoint, significant geographical information of the area between the Ubangi and Shari Rivers was gained, as well as important zoological specimens being collected.

The Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii) is also named after him, as he collected the type-specimens of the species in 1892 during his mission along the Ubangi River.