Aimé Péretié
French diplomat and amateur archaeologist
About Aimé Péretié
Lived 1808 – 1882 (aged 74). Aimé Péretié was a French diplomat, archaeologist and art collector.
Napoléon Antoine Aimé Péretié, commonly Aimé Péretié, (5 March 1808, Marseille – 8 April 1882, Beirut), was a French diplomat in the Levant and as a collector of oriental antiquities.
Diplomatic career From 1829 to 1834, he worked for the French consulate in Larnaca as a dragoman and chancellor.
In 1839, he was nominated “drogman sans residence fixe”, and by December 1850 he was chancellor of the French consulate general in Beirut. For a short period around 1853 he was French vice consul in Tripoli (Lebanon), and by 1855 was again chancellor of the French consulate general in Beirut.
In 1864, he was promoted vice consul of France in Beirut.
Family His son Alfred became the French consul in Baghdad.
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French diplomat and amateur archaeologist (1808–1882)
When was Aimé Péretié born?
Aimé Péretié was born on 5 March 1808.
When did Aimé Péretié die?
Aimé Péretié died on 8 April 1882 in Beirut.
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Aimé Péretié was a diplomat, archaeologist and art collector.
What nationality was Aimé Péretié?
Aimé Péretié was French.
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