Émile Storms
Belgian explorer
Died when: 71 years 224 days (859 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Émile Pierre Joseph Storms (2 June 1846 – 12 January 1918) was a Belgian soldier, explorer, and official for the Congo Free State.He is known for his work between 1882 and 1885 in establishing a European presence in the regions around Lake Tanganyika, during which he supported the White Fathers missionaries and attempted to suppress the East African slave trade.
He is remembered for his ruthless fight against slavery and the capture and subsequent execution of the slave trader Lusinga.
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