Jacques Edmond-Joseph Papinot (1860–1942) was a French

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. Papinot is best known for creating an ''Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan'' which was first published in French in 1899. The work was published in English in 1906.

Early life

Papinot was born in 1860 in Châlons-sur-Saône in France.Pouillon, François. (2008)
''Dictionnaire des orientalistes de langue française,'' p. 736
He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1886; and three months later he was sent to Japan.

Career

Papinot first arrived in Japan in 1886. He taught at the Tokyo Theological Seminary for 15 years while working on his ''Dictionnaire japonais-français des noms principaux de l'histoire et de la géographie de Japon''.Rogala, Jozef. (2012)
''A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English,'' p. 187
In 1911, he left Japan for China. He returned to France in 1920.

Selected works

In an overview of writings by and about Papinot,

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Papinot, Edmond b. 1860
retrieved 2012-11-5. :''This list is not finished; you can help Wikipedia by adding to it.'' * ''Dictionnaire japonais-français des noms principaux de l'histoire et de la géographie de Japon,'' 1899 * ''Historical and geographical dictionary of Japan,'' 1906 * ''Nihon seiei'' (''Japanese hymns''), 1922 (with Jean-Marie-Louis Lemaréchal)

References

External links

Papinot, Edmond at Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)

''Nobliaire du japon'' at Unterstein.net

1860 births 1942 deaths French Roman Catholic priests French Japanologists Historians of Japan 19th-century French historians 20th-century French historians French Roman Catholic missionaries French male non-fiction writers 19th-century French male writers Roman Catholic missionaries in China Roman Catholic missionaries in Japan French expatriates in China French expatriates in Japan {{france-academic-bio-stub