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Vietnam: Paul Bert, Governor General of Tonkin and Annam, 1886

Vietnam: Paul Bert, Governor General of Tonkin and Annam, 1886

Paul Bert (17 October 1833 – 11 November 1886) was a French zoologist, physiologist and politician.

Early in 1886 he was appointed resident-general in Annam and Tonkin, and died of dysentery at Hanoi on 11 November of that year.

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