Charles-Jean-Melchior, Marquis 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 tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

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 (, , abbr. ESM) 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 ''Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre'', litera ...

and at the

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. In 1849, he was attached to the French Embassy in St. Petersburg. After his father's arrest during the French coup of 1851, de Vogüé gave up diplomacy to focus on archaeology and history in

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and

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. Named as a member of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

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

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, the Temple of Jerusalem, and Central Syria. He was a prominent agrarian and President of the Société des agriculteurs de France. After the fall of the

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, President

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appointed him as Ambassador of France to

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in 1871, then to

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in 1875.

Family

Melchior de Vogüé was the father of 6 children, including Marthe de Vogüé. He was the uncle of fellow academician Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé, who served concurrently for a few years in seat 39 from 1888. His grandson, Jean Alexandre Melchior de Vogüé, was married to the French writer and businesswoman Hélène Marie Henriette Jaunez.

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">Aramaic_alphabet.html" ;"title="f. Aramaic alphabet">Aramean epigraphy* *
Les Événements de Syrie
' (1860) [cf. Youssef Bey Karam 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 hébraïques 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">Al-Aqsa.html" ;"title="f. the Al-Aqsa">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">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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