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Bernacchi, Louis Charles (1876 - 1942)

Portrait of Louis Charles Bernacchi  (1876 - 1942)

by unknown photographer, 1899, courtesy of Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania.
AUTAS001125883892. Image Details

BERNACCHI, LOUIS CHARLES (1876-1942), scientist and Antarctic explorer, was born on 8 November 1876 in Belgium, eldest child of Angelo Giulio Diego Bernacchi and his wife Barbe, née Straetmans.... read on

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