Edouard Taitbout de Marigny
Jacques-Victor-Édouard Taitbout de Marigny | |
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| Born | 28 March 1793 Koroni |
| Died | 11 April 1852 (aged 59) |
| Citizenship | France Netherlands |
| Occupations | Diplomat, traveler, geographer, archaeologist, art collector, painter |
| Organizations | French Geographic Society |
| Known for | Travel memoirs in Circassia Held various high-level posts for the Dutch government |
Edouard Taitbout de Marigny (French: Chevalier Jacques-Victor-Édouard Taitbout de Marigny; Adyghe: Джак Виктор Iэдуард Титбу де Марини) was a French diplomat, traveler, geographer, archaeologist, art collector, and painter. Fluent in French, Greek, Latin, Dutch, German, Russian, and Turkish, de Marigny also knew some Adyghe and Ancient Greek. He compiled a Circassian-French dictionary.
Having held many posts, de Marigny served as the vice-consul of the Netherlands in Feodosia from the 1820s, then as consul in Odessa in 1830, and as consul general of the Netherlands for the Black Sea and Azov ports in 1848.
In the 1840s, as the captain of the ship Yulia, de Marigny repeatedly traveled the coasts of the Sea of Azov, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean in 1821, 1823–1825, and 1829–1851. He studied the history, lifestyle, and culture of the coastal peoples, primarily the Circassians.