Marie-Eugène-Melchior,

vicomte A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...

de Vogüé (25 February 1848 – 29 March 1910) was a French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer,

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, philanthropist and literary critic.

Biography

Born in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

, 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

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to the

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s in the

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and

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, then secretary to the embassy in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. He resigned in 1882, and from 1893 to 1898 served as representative of

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. His connection with the ''

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'' 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

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, his sympathy with which was strengthened by his marriage in 1878 with a Russian lady, the sister of

General Michael Nicolaivitch Annenkoff General Mikhail Nikolayevich Annenkov (russian: Михаил Николаевич Анненков; formerly also transcribed Michael Nicolaivitch Annenkoff) (1835 in St. Petersburg, Russia – January 21, 1899 (New Style) in St. Petersburg, Ru ...

; De Vogüé was practically the first to draw French attention to

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...

. Many consider de Vogüé's essay to be the first major examination of the novelist's work. Eugène-Melchior was also a brother-in-law of

Karl de Struve Karl von Struve (26 November 1835 – 26 June 1907) (russian: Кирилл Васильевич Струве) (Alternate spelling in U.S.: de Struve) was a Russian nobleman and politician. He served, in turn, as Russian Envoy Extraordinary and Min ...

, Russian Ambassador to Japan, the United States, and the Netherlands. He became a member of the

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in 1888. His uncle,

Melchior de Vogüé Charles-Jean-Melchior de Vogüé (18 October 182910 November 1916) was a French archaeologist, diplomat, and member of the Académie française in seat 18. Biography Born in Paris as the eldest son of Léonce de Vogüé, Melchior de Vogüé wa ...

, also served in the academy concurrently for a few years. In 1897, he wrote a short series of books concerning the

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. Part of his personal correspondence detailing his expedition to Cyprus, has been published.

Works

* (1876). ''Syrie, Palestine, Mont Athos'
(1887 edition).
* (1877). ''Vangheli.'' * (1879). ''Boulacq et Saqquarah.'' * (1879). ''Chez les Pharaons.'' * (1879).
Histoires Orientales.
' * (1883). ''Les Portraits du Siècle.'' * (1884). ''Le Fils de Pierre le Grand.'' * (1884). ''Mazeppa''. * (1884). ''Un Changement de Règne.'' * (1885).
Histoires d’Hiver.
' * (1886). ''Le Roman Russe.'' * (1887). ''Souvenirs et Visions.'' * (1888). ''Le Portrait du Louvre.'' * (1889)
''Remarques sur l’Exposition du Centenaire.''
* (1890). ''Le Manteau de Joseph Olenine.'' * (1891)
''Spectacles Contemporains.''
* (1892)
''Regards Historiques et Littéraires.''
ref>Biré, Edmond (1890)
"Un Académicien d'Aujourd'hui: Le Vicomte Melchior de Vogué."
In: '' Histoire et Littérature.'' Lyon: Librairie Générale Catholique et Classique, pp. 341–357. * (1892). ''Heures d’Histoire.'' * (1893). ''Cœurs Russes.'' * (1893). ''Notes sur le Bas-Vivarais.'' * (1896).
Devant le Siècle.
' * (1897)
''Jean d’Agrève.''
* (1898).
Histoire et Poésie.
' * (1899). ''Les Morts qui Parlent (Scènes de la Vie Parlementaire).'' * (1900). ''Le Rappel des Ombres.'' * (1902). ''Pages d’Histoire''. * (1903). ''Le Maître de la Mer''. * (1904). ''Sous l’Horizon: Hommes et Choses d’Hier.'' * (1905).
Maxime Gorki.
' * (1910)
''Les Routes.''
Selected articles * (1862)
"Fouilles de Chypre et de Syrie. Extrait d'une lettre de M. Melchior de Vogùé à M. Renan,"
''Revue Archéologique'', Vol. 6. pp. 244-252. * (1894)
"Un Regard en Arrière — Les Terroristes Russes,"
''Revue des Deux Mondes'', Vol. 122. * (1894)
"Le Dernier Livre de Taine,"
''Revue des Deux Mondes'', Vol. 122. * (1894)
"À Propos d’un Débat Religieux,"
''Revue des Deux Mondes'', Vol. 123. * (1894)
"La Civilisation et les Grands Fleuves Historiques,"
''Revue des Deux Mondes'', Vol. 125. * (1895)
"Jean-Jacques Rousseau et le Cosmopolitisme Littéraire,"
''Revue des Deux Mondes'', Vol. 130. Posthumous * (1911)
''Sous les Lauriers; Éloges Académiques.''
* (1932). ''Journal du Vicomte Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé: Paris, Saint-Pétersbourg 1877-1883.'' Translated into English * (1889). "Social Life in Russia," ''The Harper's Monthly.'' * (1887)
''The Russian Novelists.''
** (1916)
''The Russian Novel.''
* (1890). "Through the Caucasus," ''The Harper's Monthly.'' * (1891). ''The Tsar and his People: or, Social Life in Russia.'' *
"Social Life in Russia,"
pp. 1–98. *
"Through the Caucasus,"
pp. 101–147. * (1892). "The Neo-Christian Movement in France," ''The Harper's Monthly.'' * (1895). ''Russian Portraits.'' * (1897). "Leo XIII," ''The Forum.'' * (1904). ''The Master of the Sea.''

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