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THEURIET, CLAUDE ADHEMAR ANDRE (1833-1907)

THEURIET, See also:
CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)
CLAUDE See also:
ADHEMAR (ADEMAR, AIMAR, AELARZ) DE MONTEIL (d. 1098)
ADHEMAR See also:
ANDRE, JOHN (1751-178o)
ANDRE (1833-1907) , See also:

French poet and novelist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Marly-le-Roi (See also:

Seine et See also:

OISE

Oise) on the 8th of See also:

OCTOBER

October 1833, and was educated at See also:

Bar-le-Due in his See also:

MOTHER

mother's See also:

province of See also:

LORRAINE

Lorraine. He studied See also:

law in See also:

Paris and entered the public service, attaining the See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of chef de See also:

BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

bureau before his retirement in 1886. He published in 1867 the Clzemin See also:

des bois, a See also:

VOLUME

volume of poems, many of which had already appeared in the Revue des Deux Mondes; Le bleu et le noir, poemes de la See also:

vie reelle (1874), Nos oiseaux (1886), and other volumes followed. M. Theuriet gives natural, See also:

SIMPLE

simple pictures of rustic and especially of woodland See also:

LIFE

life, and See also:

THEOPHILE

Theophile See also:

Gautier compared him to Jaques in the See also:

FOREST

forest of See also:

ARDEN, FOREST OF

Arden. The best of his novels are those that See also:

DEAL

deal with provincial and See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country life. Among them are: Le mariage de See also:

Gerard (1875); Raymonde (1877); Le fits Maugars (1879); La maison des deux Barbeaux (1879); Souvageonne (188o); Reine des bois (1890); See also:

VILLA

Villa tranquille (1899); Le manuscrit du clzanoine (1902). Theuriet received in 1890 the prix See also:

VITET, LUDOVIC (1802-1873)

Vitet from the French See also:

Academy, of which he became a member in 1896. He died on the 23rd of See also:

APRIL

April 1907, and was succeeded at the Academy by M. See also:

JEAN

Jean See also:

RICHEPIN, JEAN (1849- )

Richepin. See Emm. Besson, Andre Theuriet (1890).

TH$VENOT, JEAN DE (1633-1667); French traveller in the See also:

East, was born in Paris on the 16th of See also:

JUNE

June 1633, and received his See also:

EDUCATION

education in the See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

Navarre. The perusal of See also:

WORKS

works of travel moved him to go abroad, and his circumstances permitted him to please himself. Leaving See also:

France in 1652, he first visited See also:

England, See also:

Holland, See also:

Germany and See also:

Italy, and at. See also:

Rome he See also:

fell in with D'Herbelot, who invited him to be his See also:

COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion in a projected voyage to the See also:

LEVANT

Levant. D'Herbelot was detained by private affairs, but Thevenot sailed from Rome in May 1655, and, after vainly waiting five months at See also:

Malta, took passagefor See also:

Constantinople alone. He remained in Constantinople till the end of the following See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, and then proceeded by See also:

SMYRNA (Ismir)

Smyrna and the See also:

Greek islands to See also:

EGYPT

Egypt, landing at See also:

Alexandria on New See also:

YEAR

Year's See also:

Day, 1657. He was a year in Egypt, then visited See also:

SINAI

Sinai, and, returning to See also:

Cairo; joined the See also:

LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

Lent See also:

PILGRIM

pilgrim See also:

CARAVAN (more correctly Karwan)

caravan to See also:

Jerusalem. He visited the , See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief places of See also:

PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage in See also:

PALESTINE

Palestine, and, after being twice taken by corsairs, got back to See also:

DAMIETTA

Damietta by See also:

sea, and was again in Cairo in See also:

time to view the opening of the See also:

canal on the rise of the See also:

Nile (on the 14th of August 1658). In See also:

JANUARY

January 1659 he sailed from Alexandria in an See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

SHIP

ship, taking See also:

GOLETTA [LA GOULETTE]

Goletta and See also:

TUNIS

Tunis on the way, and, after a See also:

sharp engagement with See also:

SPANISH

Spanish corsairs, one of which fell a See also:

PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize to the English merchantman, reached See also:

LEGHORN (Ital. Livorno, Fr. Livourne)

Leghorn on the 12th of April. He now spent four years at See also:

home in studies useful to a traveller, and in See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1663 again sailed for the East, calling at Alexandria and landing at See also:

SIDON (Phoen. ins, Hebrew 1-rs, Assyr. Sidunnu, Egypt. Diduna)

Sidon, whence he proceeded by See also:

LAND

land to See also:

DAMASCUS

Damascus, See also:

ALEPPO (native Haleb)

Aleppo, and then through See also:

MESOPOTAMIA (Mevoaora)

Mesopotamia to See also:

MOSUL

Mosul, See also:

BAGDAD, or BAGHDAD

Bagdad and Mendeli. Here he entered See also:

PERSIA

Persia (the 27th of August, 1664), proceeding by See also:

Kermanshah and See also:

HAMADAN

Hamadan to See also:

ISFAHAN (older form Ispahan)

Isfahan, where he spent five months (October 1664-See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1665), and then joining See also:

COMPANY

company with the See also:

MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant See also:

TAVERNIER, JEAN BAPTISTE (1605-1689)

Tavernier, proceeded by See also:

SHIRAZ

Shiraz and See also:

Lar to Bander-Abbasi, in the See also:

hope of finding a passage to See also:

India. This was difficult, because of the opposition of the Dutch, and though Tavernier was able to proceed, Thevenot found it prudent to return to Shiraz, and, having visited the ruins of See also:

PERSEPOLIS

Persepolis, made his way to See also:

BASRA (written also BUSRA, BASSORA and BASSORA)

Basra and sailed for India on the 6th of November 1665, in the ship " Hopewell," arriving at the See also:

PORT

port of See also:

SURAT

Surat on the loth of January 1666.

He was in India for thirteen months, and crossed the country by See also:

GOLCONDA

Golconda to See also:

MASULIPATAM, or BANDAR

Masulipatam, returning overland to Surat, from which he sailed to Bander-Abbasi and went up to Shiraz. He passed the summer of 1667 at Isfahan, disabled by an accidental See also:

PISTOL

pistol-shot, and in October started for See also:

TABRIZ

Tabriz, but died on the way at Miyana on the 28th of November 1667. Thevenot was an accomplished linguist, skilled in See also:

TURKISH

Turkish, Arabic and See also:

Persian, and a curious and diligent observer. He was also well skilled in the natural sciences, especially in See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, for which he made large collections in India. His See also:

PERSONAL

personal See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character was admirable, and his writings are still esteemed, though it has been justly observed that, unlike See also:

Chardin, he saw only the outside of Eastern life. The See also:

account of his first See also:

JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey was published at Paris in 1665; it forms the first See also:

PART

part of his collected Voyages. The See also:

LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence is dated See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1663, and the See also:

PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface shows that Thevenot himself arranged it for publication before leaving on his second voyage. The second and third parts were posthumously published from his See also:

JOURNALS

journals in 1674 and 1684 (all 4to). A collected edition appeared at Paris in 1689, and a second in 12mo at See also:

Amsterdam in 1727 (5 vols.). There is an indifferent English See also:

TRANSLATION

translation by A. See also:

LOVELL, FRANCIS LOVELL, VISCOUNT (1454-1487)

Lovell (fol., See also:

LONDON

London, 1687).

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