Pierre Amédée Jaubert
Pierre Amédée Jaubert | |
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 Pierre Amédée Jaubert, circa 1805 | |
| Born | 3 June 1779 |
| Died | 28 January 1847 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Linguist, explorer, translator, diplomat, politician, professor, orientalist |
Pierre Amédée Emilien Probe Jaubert (3 June 1779 – 28 January 1847) was a French diplomat, academic, orientalist, translator, politician, and traveler. He was Napoleon's "favourite orientalist adviser and dragoman".[1]
Biography
Born in
On his return to Paris he held various posts in the government. In 1802 he accompanied Horace Sébastiani de La Porta on his Eastern mission, and in 1804 he was present in the Ottoman Empire, assisting Sébastiani in Istanbul.
In 1805, he was dispatched to
On the eve of Napoleon's downfall, he was appointed chargé d'affaires at Constantinople.
The
Besides articles in the Journal asiatique, he published Voyage en Arménie et en Perse (1821; the edition of 1860 has a notice of Jaubert, by M. Sdillot) and Elements de la grammaire turque (1823–1834).
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Friends and rivals in the East by Alastair Hamilton p.230ff
- ^ Napoleon and Persia: Franco-Persian relations under the First Empire by Iradj Amini p.76ff [1]
- ^ Napoleon and Persia: Franco-Persian relations under the First Empire by Iradj Amini p.101ff [2]
- ^ "P.A.E.P. Jaubert (1779–1847)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jaubert, Pierre Amédée Émilien Probe". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 281. In turn, it cites as references:
- notices in the Journal Asiatique, January 1847
- Journal des Débats, 30 January 1847
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