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.... spending 3 nights camped on the summit of Mont Blanc in 1887, Joseph Vallot 's party returned to a hero's welcome, and was greeted with flowers and a brass band by mayor and the inhabitants of Chamonix.
...in 1887, after spending 3 nights camped on the summit of Mont Blanc in 1887, Joseph Vallot constructed a permanent observatory and mountain refuge that are still both in use today.
Joseph Vallot (1854-1925) was a French scientist, astronomer, geographer, cartographer and alpinist. He is known mainly for his work in establishing a high altitude observatory below the summit of Mont Blanc in the Alps. He was a recipient of the Legion of Honour, and the Vallot Hut on Mont Blanc is named after him (or did he actually construct the original one- CHECK).