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Eugène Daumas
Melchior Joseph Eugène Daumas (October 4, 1803 in Delémont, Switzerland – May 1871 in Camblanes), was a French general and writer.
Biography.
Eugène Daumas entered the army in 1822. He became an officer in 1827 and went on to the cavalry school in Saumur. In 1835 he was posted to Algeria, which Charles X had invaded in 1830. But the new colony proved difficult to subdue. Under the orders of Marshal Bertrand Clausel, Daumas took part in the campaigns in of Mascara
consul Eugène Daumas in Mascara, and Daumas wrote to his commanding officer in Oran saying he was a congenial and talented assistant.
He was praised for his medical skill, his humanity and his knowledge of Algeria and its peoples.
In 1838 he was a member of the mission sent to the Emir Abdelkader after the Treaty of Tafna.
In 1939 he completed his medical studies and received a doctorate in medicine from the University of Montpellier.
Warnier and Joanny André Napoléon Perier were the two physicians on the Scientific Commission