History Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell

1 history

1.1 career
1.2 isle de bourbon
1.3 return france

history
early career

born in alsace promising young nobleman, in oberkirch (now germany), received first military commission sub-lieutenant @ age of 6 (not totally unheard of @ time) , sent family friend @ brest during upheavals of french revolution. there, considered safest – , best education young officer – send him on warship. in position junior officer, apparently conducted himself well, , historians of time family documents praise skill, intelligence , charisma. after rising rear admiral rank during wars of first empire, became commander of École navale (naval academy) @ brest (a administrative post, actual training occurred @ sea), before being named governor of isle de bourbon.

isle de bourbon

during short tenure on reunion, 1 of main challenges smooth difficulties associated slave emancipation pushed forward french homeland. slave-based plantation-society, there considerable resistance local landholder class, though de hell apparently enjoyed success in transition work. @ time of departure, had admiration of of local populace, favor apparently returned. known have been impressed cirque de salazie. reunion village of hell-bourg named after him, hell-ville on nosy-be, madagaskar (there gastropod named after him, strombus hellii, discovered kiener in 1843).

return france

returning france, received post of préfet maritime de cherbourg. later on, elected strasbourg member of chambre des députés , président du conseil général (roughly analogous provincial governor) of bas-rhin. in 1847, named lead direction générale des cartes et plans de la marine (naval cartography office). died in 1864 @ age of 81 @ ancestral castle near oberkirch, , though on 20 years had gone since governorship, réunion records note large number of locals turned out mourn him.