Gabriel Loppé

Born: 1825

Death: 1913

Biography:

Gabriel Loppé (July 2, 1825 - May 19, 1913) was a French painter, photographer and mountaineer. He became the first foreigner to be made a member of the Alpine Club in London. His father was a captain in the French Engineers and Loppé's childhood was spent in many different towns in south-eastern France . Aged twenty-one Loppé climbed a small mount...