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Name	Nicolas Thomas Baudin
Born	19 February, 1754 St Pierre-de-Ré, France
Died	16 September, 1803 (aged 49) Mauritius
Cultural Heritage	French Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	hydrographer (1801-1803) Western Australia, Australia hydrographer (1801-1803) Tasmania, Australia hydrographer (1801-1803) Victoria, Australia hydrographer (1801-1803) New South Wales, Australia hydrographer (1801-1803) South Australia, Australia naturalist (1801-1803) Western Australia, Australia naturalist (1801-1803) Victoria, Australia naturalist (1801-1803) South Australia, Australia naturalist (1801-1803) Tasmania, Australia naturalist (1801-1803) New South Wales, Australia

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