- Andrew Archibald Paton
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Andrew Archibald Paton (1811-1874), est un diplomate orientaliste anglais ; consul à Raguse dans la Bocca di Cattaro, il popularisa ses voyages en Égypte, en Syrie, et dans les balkans et écrivit quelques romans à succès. Il rencontra, lors de ses voyages, le seigneur Arneri de Korčula, rendit un vibrant hommage au passé de ces peuples, notamment aux raguséen, et particulièrement au mathématicien Marino Ghetaldi. Enfin, il reste de lui un essai d'analyse original sur la vie et sur l'œuvre de Stendhal et quelques lettres de sa correspondance avec cet autre grand voyayeur, sir Austen Henry Layard.
publications
- 1843-72: letters (20) to Sir Austen Layard
- 1844 The modern Syrians; or, Native Society in Damascus, Aleppo, and the mountains of the Druses, from notes made in those parts during the years 1841.2-3
- 1845 : Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, a residence in Belgrade and travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844.
- 1849 : Highlands and islands of the Adriatic : including Dalmatia, Croatia, and the southern provinces of the Austrian Empire
- 1851 : The Goth and the Hun, or, Transylvania, Debreczin, Pesth, and Vienna, in 1850
- 1851 : The mamelukes: a romance of life in grand Cairo .. (Volume 1)
- 1851 : The mamelukes: a romance of life in grand Cairo .. (Volume 2)
- 1851 : The mamelukes: a romance of life in grand Cairo .. (Volume 3)
- 1855 : The Bulgarian, the Turk, and the German
- 1860 :Melusina, a new Arabian night's entertainment
- 1861 : Researches on the Danube and the Adriatic : or, Contributions to the modern history of Hungary and Transylvania, Dalmatia and Croatia, Servia and Bulgaria (ISBN 1154943208)
- 1863 : A history of the Egyptian revolution, from the period of the Mamelukes to the death of Mohammed Ali; from Arab and European memoirs, oral tradition, and local research
- 1867 : Sketches of the ugly side of human nature
- 1870 : A history of the Egyptian revolution, from the period of the Mamelukes to the death of Mohammed Ali; from Arab and European memoirs, oral tradition, and local research (Volume 1)
- 1874 : Henry Beyle (otherwise de Stendahl); a critical and biographical study aided by original documents and unpublished letters from the private papers of the family of Beyle
Catégories :- Naissance en 1811
- Décès en 1874
- Écrivain britannique du XIXe siècle
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