Paul Merab (real name: Petre Merabishvili, Geo. პეტრე მერაბიშვილი) (1876 in

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– 1930 in

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), a

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and researcher of

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. Merab was born in a Georgian

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community, now Samtskhe-Javakheti region in south Georgia. A

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graduate, Merab was hired in

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to work as a physician for the

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Emperor

Menilek II , spoken = ; ''djānhoi'', lit. ''"O steemedroyal"'' , alternative = ; ''getochu'', lit. ''"Our master"'' (pl.) Menelik II ( gez, ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ ; horse name Abba Dagnew ( Amharic: አባ ዳኘው ''abba daññäw''); 17 ...

for several years. He lived in Ethiopia from 1908 to 1929, except for the years of the

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when he volunteered in the French military. In 1910, he founded the first

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which he called "Pharmacie de la Géorgie". In 1929, he finally resettled to

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, where he published his informative researches and memories of Ethiopia.

References

1. Chris Prouty, Eugene Rosenfeld, Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia and Eritrea, p. 131. Scarecrow Press, 1994 2. ჟვანია ნ. საქართველო-ეთიოპიის ურთიერთობის ისტორიიდან // ქართველური მემკვიდრეობა . – 2000 . – ტ. 4 . – გვ. 282–285

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Merab, Paul Physicians from Georgia (country) 1876 births 1930 deaths Expatriates from the Russian Empire in France Expatriates from the Russian Empire in Ethiopia University of Paris alumni History of Ethiopia Pharmacists from Georgia (country) Georgian emigrants to France