Melchior de Vogüé
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Eugène-Melchior, vicomte de Vogüé (25 February 1848–29 March 1910) was a French
diplomat, Orientalist
, travel writer, archaeologist
, philanthropist and literary critic.
, France
, he served in the Franco-Prussian War
, and at the conclusion of the war entered the diplomatic service of the Third Republic, being appointed successively attaché
to the legation
s in the Ottoman Empire
and Egypt
, then secretary to the embassy in Saint Petersburg
. He resigned in 1882, and from 1893 to 1898 served as representative of Ardèche
to the French National Assembly
.
His connection with the Revue des deux mondes
began in 1873 with his Voyage en Syrie et en Palestine, and subsequently he was a frequent contributor. He did much to awaken French interest in the intellectual life of other countries, especially of Russia, his sympathy with which was strengthened by his marriage in 1878 with a Russian lady, the sister of General Michael Nicolaivitch Annenkoff; De Vogüé was practically the first to draw French attention to Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Many consider de Vogüé's essay be the first major examination of the novelist's work.
Eugène-Melchior was also a brother-in-law of Karl de Struve
, Russian Ambassador to Japan, the United States, and the Netherlands.
He became a member of the French Academy
in 1888. His uncle, Charles-Jean-Melchior de Vogüé
, also served in the academy concurrently for a few years.
In 1897, he wrote a short series of books concerning the War of the Spanish Succession
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
diplomat, Orientalist
Orientalism
Orientalism is a term used for the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers and artists, as well as having other meanings...
, travel writer, archaeologist
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
, philanthropist and literary critic.
Biography
Born in NiceNice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, he served in the Franco-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and...
, and at the conclusion of the war entered the diplomatic service of the Third Republic, being appointed successively attaché
Attaché
Attaché is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency...
to the legation
Legation
A legation was the term used in diplomacy to denote a diplomatic representative office lower than an embassy. Where an embassy was headed by an Ambassador, a legation was headed by a Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary....
s in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
and Egypt
Egypt under Muhammad Ali and his successors
The history of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali Pasha dynasty spanned the later period of Ottoman Egypt, the Khedivate of Egypt under British patronage, and the nominally independent Sultanate of Egypt and Kingdom of Egypt, ending with the Revolution of 1952 and the formation of the Republic of...
, then secretary to the embassy in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. He resigned in 1882, and from 1893 to 1898 served as representative of Ardèche
Ardèche
Ardèche is a department in south-central France named after the Ardèche River.- History :The area has been inhabited by humans at least since the Upper Paleolithic, as attested by the famous cave paintings at Chauvet Pont d'Arc. The plateau of the Ardeche River has extensive standing stones ,...
to the French National Assembly
French National Assembly
The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
.
His connection with the Revue des deux mondes
Revue des deux mondes
The Revue des deux Mondes is a French language monthly literary and cultural affairs magazine that has been published in Paris since 1829....
began in 1873 with his Voyage en Syrie et en Palestine, and subsequently he was a frequent contributor. He did much to awaken French interest in the intellectual life of other countries, especially of Russia, his sympathy with which was strengthened by his marriage in 1878 with a Russian lady, the sister of General Michael Nicolaivitch Annenkoff; De Vogüé was practically the first to draw French attention to Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Many consider de Vogüé's essay be the first major examination of the novelist's work.
Eugène-Melchior was also a brother-in-law of Karl de Struve
Karl de Struve
Karl von Struve was a Russian nobleman and politician. He served, in turn, as Russian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Japan, the United States, and The Netherlands....
, Russian Ambassador to Japan, the United States, and the Netherlands.
He became a member of the French Academy
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1888. His uncle, Charles-Jean-Melchior de Vogüé
Charles-Jean-Melchior de Vogüé
Charles-Jean-Melchior de Vogüé was a French archeologist, diplomat, and member of the Académie française in seat 18. He was the uncle of fellow academician Eugene Melchior de Vogüé, who served concurrently for a few years in seat 39....
, also served in the academy concurrently for a few years.
In 1897, he wrote a short series of books concerning the War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have...
.
Works
- Fragments d'un journal de voyage en Orient. Côtes de la Phénicie (1855)
- Note sur quelques inscriptions recueillies à PalmyrePalmyraPalmyra was an ancient city in Syria. In the age of antiquity, it was an important city of central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus and 180 km southwest of the Euphrates at Deir ez-Zor. It had long been a vital caravan city for travellers crossing the Syrian desert...
(1855) - Notes d'épigraphie araméenne (1856) [cf. Aramean epigraphyAramaic alphabetThe Aramaic alphabet is adapted from the Phoenician alphabet and became distinctive from it by the 8th century BC. The letters all represent consonants, some of which are matres lectionis, which also indicate long vowels....
] - Les Églises de la Terre Sainte (1860)
- Les Événements de Syrie (1860) [cf. Youssef KaramYoussef KaramYoussef Beyk Karam , was a Lebanese nationalist leader who led the nationalist effort against the Ottoman Empire occupation.-The Karam family:...
and conflict between Maronites and Druze] - Mémoire sur une nouvelle inscription phénicienne (1860)
- Notice sur un talent de bronze trouvé à Abydos (1862)
- Bulletin de l'Œuvre des pèlerinages en Terre-Sainte : histoire, géographie, ethnographie et archéologie biblique et religieuse (1863)
- Inscriptions araméennes et nabatéennes du Haouran (1864)
- Inscriptions hébraïque de Jérusalem (1864)
- Le Temple de Jérusalem, monographie du Haram-ech-Chérif, suivie d'un Essai sur la topographie de la Ville-sainte (1864) [cf. the Haram ash-SharifAl-Aqsa MosqueAl-Aqsa Mosque also known as al-Aqsa, is the third holiest site in Sunni Islam and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem...
] - L'Alphabet hébraïque et l'alphabet araméen (1865)
- L'Islamisme et son fondateur (1865)
- Syrie centrale. Architecture civile et religieuse du Ier au VIIe siècle (1865–1877)
- Le Duc de Luynes (1868)
- Mélanges d'archéologie orientale (1868)
- Syrie centrale. Inscriptions sémitiques (1868–1877)
- Six inscriptions phéniciennes d'Idalion (1875)
- Stèle de Yehawmelek, roi de Gebal (1875)
- Monnaies et sceaux des croisades (1877)
- Monnaies inédites des croisades (1880–1890)
- Note sur la forme du tombeau d'Eschmounazar (1880)
- (1881)
- Inscriptions palmyréniennes inédites : un tarif sous l'Empire romain (1883)
- (1884–1904)
- La Stèle de Dhmêr (1885)
- Villars et l'électeur de Bavière Max-Emmanuel (1885) [cf. Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of BavariaMaximilian II Emanuel, Elector of BavariaMaximilian II , also known as Max Emanuel or Maximilian Emanuel, was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also the last Governor of the Spanish Netherlands and duke of Luxembourg...
] - Le roman russe (1886)
- Note sur une inscription bilingue de Tello et sur quatre intailles sémitiques (1887)
- (1888)
- Note sur les nécropoles de Carthage (1889)
- Note sur une inscription punique trouvée par le P. Delattre à Carthage (1892)
- Le Comte Riant (1893–1896)
- Vases carthaginois (1893)
- Note sur une borne milliaire arabe du Ier siècle de l'hégire (1894)
- (1895)
- Monnaies inédites des croisades (1895–1905)
- Monnaies juives (1895–1905)
- La bataille d'Oudenarde (1897) [cf. the Battle of OudenardeBattle of OudenardeThe Battle of Oudenaarde was a key battle in the War of the Spanish Succession fought on 11 July 1708 between the forces of Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire on the one side and the French on the other...
] - La bataille de Malplaquet (1897) [cf. the Battle of MalplaquetBattle of MalplaquetThe Battle of Malplaquet, fought on 11 September 1709, was one of the main battles of the War of the Spanish Succession, which opposed the Bourbons of France and Spain against an alliance whose major members were the Habsburg Monarchy, Great Britain, the United Provinces and the Kingdom of...
] - La victoire de Denain (1897) [cf. the Battle of DenainBattle of DenainThe Battle of Denain was fought on 24 July 1712, as part of the War of the Spanish Succession, and resulted in a French victory under Marshal Villars against Austrian and Dutch forces under Prince Eugene of Savoy.-Prelude:...
] - Le Véritable vainqueur de Denain (1903)
- Notice sur l'hôtel de Villars (1904)
- Une famille vivaroiseVivaraisVivarais is a traditional region in the south-east of France, covering the département of Ardèche, named after its capital Viviers on the river Rhône...
, histoires d'autrefois racontées à ses enfants (1906) - La Citerne de Ramleh et le tracé des arcs brisés (1912)
- Une Fête à Aubenas en 1732 (1912)
- Jérusalem hier et aujourd'hui (1912)
- Thureau-Dangin (1913)
External links
- http://fortnightlyreview.co.uk/2010/05/dostoyevski-and-the-religion-of-suffering-part-i/"Dostoyevsky and the Religion of Suffering," from Le Roman Russe.