Borrey, Francis, 1904-1976

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Human beings--Effect of climate on
(lcsh) Arid regions--Health aspects
Adaptation (Physiology)
Heat--Physiological effect

found: L'Évolution économique, sociale & politique des pays d'Afrique Noire, 1960:title page (le Docteur Francis BORREY)

found: Évolution des courbes d'excitabilité neuro-musculaire et séjour en milieu désertique, 1961:Avant-propos (Docteur Francis BORREY, Directeur Général de PROHUZA [Centre d'études et d'informations des problèmes humains dans les zones arides])

found: Historical dictionary of Niger, 4th ed., 2012, viewed online June 3, 2015:pages 102-103 (Borrey, Francis (1904-1976); colonial administrator, physician and surgeon, and early political leader in Niger; b. April 8, 1904 in Besançon, France; cofounder of the Parti Progressiste Nigérien (PPN-RDA); later a leader of the Union Nigérienne des Indépendants et Sympathisants (UNIS) party until 1955; IOM (Indépendants d'Outre-Mer) parliamentary group councilor from Niger at the French National Assembly, president of its Social Affairs Committee 1947-1953; Niger's delegate to UNESCO; he returned to France after Niger's independence, served as representative of French Polynesia at the Social and Economic Council 1964-1966; later integrated into the French cabinet as minister of agriculture, then of national education)