Edouard Taitbout de Marigny

Edouard Taitbout de Marigny (; ) 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. De Marigny was an active member of the Odessa Society of History and Antiquities and a member of its publication committee. De Marigny first described his travels in Circassia in a book published in French in 1821.

Works

Voyages faits sur la côte de Circassie en 1818 (Chevalier Taitbout de Marigny's Travelogue of Circassia)