Émile Mauchamp
Émile Mauchamp | |
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| Born | Pierre Benoit Émile Mauchamp 3 March 1870 Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France |
| Died | 19 March 1907 (aged 37) |
| Nationality | French |
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Caption reads: A Frenchman assassinated in Morocco: Doctor Mauchamp, doctor of the Marrakesh dispensary, stoned to death by the natives.
Caption reads: In Morocco: the Assassination of Doctor Mauchamp in Marrakesh
The assassination of Dr. Mauchamp as depicted in conservative French newspapers Le Petit Journal (left) and Le Petit Parisien (right) in 1907.
Émile Mauchamp or Pierre Benoit Émile Mauchamp (3 March 1870 – 19 March 1907) was a French doctor assassinated by a mob in Marrakesh, near the pharmacy where he practiced. He was characterized as a "martyr to civilization" in the French press; his death, an "unprovoked and indefensible attack from the barbarous natives of Morocco." His death was taken as a pretext by Hubert Lyautey and his forces in taking Oujda, marking the beginning of the French conquest of Morocco.