Charles Jean Melchior de Vogüé (1829-1916)

Charles-Jean-Melchior de Vogüé (18 October 182910 November 1916) was a French archaeologist, diplomat, and member of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

in seat 18.

Biography

Born in Paris as the eldest son of Léonce de Vogüé, Melchior de Vogüé was schooled at the

École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr The École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM, literally the "Special Military School of Saint-Cyr") is a French military academy, and is often referred to as Saint-Cyr (). It is located in Coëtquidan in Guer, Morbihan, Brittany. Its motto is ...

and at the

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. In 1849 was he attached to the French Embassy in

St. 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 ...

. After his father's arrest during the

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, de Vogüé gave up diplomacy to focus on archaeology and history in

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and

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. Named as a member of the

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in 1868, he continued to publish scholarly journal articles on churches in the

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, the

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, and Central Syria. After the fall of the

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Adolphe Thiers Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers ( , ; 15 April 17973 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian. He was the second elected President of France and first President of the French Third Republic. Thiers was a key figure in the July Rev ...

appointed him as Ambassador of France to

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

in 1871, then to

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

in 1875.

Family

Melchior de Vogüé was the uncle of fellow academician

Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé Marie-Eugène-Melchior, vicomte de Vogüé (25 February 1848 – 29 March 1910) was a French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic. Biography Born in Nice, France, he served in the Franco-Pruss ...

, who served concurrently for a few years in seat 39 from 1888.

Works

* ''Fragments d'un journal de voyage en Orient. Côtes de la Phénicie'' (1855) * ''Note sur quelques inscriptions recueillies à Palmyre'' (1855) * ''Notes d'épigraphie araméenne'' (1856) Aramean_epigraphy.html" ;"title="Aramaic_alphabet.html" ;"title="f. Aramaic alphabet">Aramean epigraphy">Aramaic_alphabet.html" ;"title="f. Aramaic alphabet">Aramean epigraphy* *
Les Événements de Syrie
' (1860) [cf. Youssef Bey KaramYoussef Bey Karam on Ehden Family Tree website
/ref> 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) Haram_ash-Sharif.html" ;"title="f. the Temple Mount, Haram ash-Sharif">f. the Temple Mount, Haram ash-Sharif* ''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)
Madame de Maintenon et le maréchal de Villars. Correspondance inédite
' * ''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 Bavaria] * ''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) f._the_Battle_of_Oudenarde.html" ;"title="Battle_of_Oudenarde.html" ;"title="f. the Battle of Oudenarde">f. the Battle of Oudenarde">Battle_of_Oudenarde.html" ;"title="f. the Battle of Oudenarde">f. the Battle of Oudenarde* ''La bataille de Malplaquet'' (1897) [cf. the Battle of Malplaquet] * ''La victoire de Denain'' (1897) [cf. the Battle of Denain] * ''Le Véritable vainqueur de Denain'' (1903) * ''Notice sur l'hôtel de Villars'' (1904) * ''Une famille Vivarais, vivaroise, 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)

References

Academie Francaise biography
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