This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2007) |
Michel Peissel | |
---|---|
![]() Michel Peissel, 2010 | |
Born | |
Died | October 7, 2011 | (aged 74)
Occupation(s) | Ethnologist, writer |
Years active | 1958–2006 |
Michel Georges Francois Peissel (February 11, 1937 – October 7, 2011) was a French ethnologist, explorer and author.[1] He wrote twenty books mostly on his Himalayan and Tibetan expeditions. Peissel was an emeritus member of the Explorers Club and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.