René Morizon

Portrait of René   Morizon

René Morizon was a French civil administrator who wrote a monography on Cambodia for the Paris 1931 Exposition Coloniale Internationale. 

His doctorate thesis dealt with La Province cambodgienne de Pursat [The Cambodian province of Pursat] (Université de Paris, Faculté des lettres, 1936). This work was deemed superficial” by Pierre Gourou in BEFEO 36, 1936, pp. 497 – 498.

Morizon with 2 Pears 1936
R. Morizon with two Pear men. The Pear or Por ព័រ ethnic group is also called Samre. [photo from La province cambodgienne de Pursat, 1936]