Xavier Hommaire de Hell

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Xavier Hommaire de Hell, drawing by Jules Laurens

Ignace Xavier Morand Hommaire de Hell, often known as Xavier Hommaire de Hell, (24 November 1812 in Altkirch – 29 August 1848 in Isfahan) was a French geographer, engineer and traveller who carried out research in Turkey, southern Russia and Persia.

Biography

After attending school in Altkirch and

Gold Medal .[1]

With the help of his wife, he embarked on Les steppes de la mer Caspienne (1844–1847) and in 1845 was awarded the Legion of Honour.[2]

After receiving a grant of 3,000 francs per year from the Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture, he left with his wife and the painter

Mazandaran in May 1848 where he carried out surveys including a study of the Mosque of Varamin. He returned to Tehran to complete his research notes and then travelled to Isfahan. He arrived there seriously ill and died two weeks later on 29 August 1848. Laurens sent his notes back to his wife in Paris who completed a full account of his travels (1856–1860) subsidized by the French authorities.[2]

References

  1. ^ "GRANDE MÉDAILLE D'OR DES EXPLORATIONS ET VOYAGES DE DÉCOUVERTE (in French)". Société de géographie. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b Jacqueline Calmard-Compas, "Hommaire de Hell, Ignace Xavier Morand", Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

Further reading

  • Atlas historique et scientifique, Paris, 1859; = Tome IV of Voyage en Turquie et en Perse exécuté par ordre du gouvernement français pendant les années 1846, 1847 et 1848 par Xavier Hommaire de Hell, Paris, 1856–59.
  • J. Laurens, Nazar-endaz, Episode d’un voyage en Perse, Revue orientale et algérienne, 1853–54, pp. 342–51; repr. in J. Laurens, La légende des ateliers, Paris, 1901.
  • Xavier Hommaire de Hell, Les steppes de la mer caspienne, la Crimée et la Russie méridionale, Paris, 3 Vols., 1844–47.
  • Xavier Hommaire de Hell, Voyage en Turquie et en Perse, executé par ordre du gouvernement français pendant les années 1846, 1847, et 1848, compiled by Jules Laurens, 4 vols., Paris 1854–60: vol. I.1 (i.e. 1; 1854), vol. I.2 (i.e. 2; 1855), vol. II.1 (i.e. 3; 1856), vol. 4 (1860)

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