Gabriel de Clieu
French naval officer and colonial officer
Years: 1687 - 1774
Gabriel-Mathieu Francois D'ceus de Clieu (region of Dieppe, France, ca.
1687 – Paris, 29 November 1774), naval officer, is the governor of Guadeloupe from 1737 to 1752 and the founder of Pointe-à-Pitre.
He is awarded the rank of commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis.
De Clieu is celebrated for his claim to have introduced coffee to the French colonies of the Western Hemisphere in the 1720s and his support for its cultivation.
