Charles Piguet (educator)

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Charles Piguet in Montenegrin national dress

Charles E. Piguet (born April 17, 1859 in Geneva , † September 24, 1918 in Eaux-Vives ) was a Swiss educator who worked in Montenegro and Switzerland .

activity

From 1881 to 1901 Piguet lived in what was then the Montenegrin capital, Cetinje . Here he was the educator of King Nikolas' sons - Danilo , Mirko and Peter. In 1916, Montenegro set up a consular post in Geneva . Piguet was considered for the post of honorary consul. He held this post until his death, after which the post was vacant; a replacement was also obsolete, since Montenegro became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Piguet also worked as a translator and translated Gordana by the Serbian writer Laza Kostić into French.

Honors

In 1894 Piguet received the Commander's Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy from the Italian king . In 1893 he was accepted as an officer in the French Legion of Honor .

literature

Piguet is mentioned in numerous books by travelers who stopped in Cetinje, for example in Edith Durham's work “Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle” and in the book “Through Montenegro with Skis” by the Norwegian Henrik Angell . The Swiss painter William Ritter mentions Piguet in his travelogue. Piguet is also mentioned in Bilješke jednog pisca by Simo Matavulj .

  • Le rôle de la France dans l'annexion forcée du Monténégro , (Documents officiels publiés par le Ministère des affaires étrangères du Monténégro); Author: Mīnīstarstvo spolnikh poslova; Imprimerie A. Manuce, 1921
  • Sven Stelling-Michaud, Académie de Genève: Le livre du Recteur de l'Académie de Genève (1559-1878), in: Travaux d'humanisme et Renaissance, 33, 1., Droz, Genève, 1959, p. 187.

Works

  • Le Monténégro, 1905.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Therese Steffen Gerber: Montenegro. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ↑ State calendar for the years 1916–1919
  3. ^ Fund Walter Weideli - Inventaire du Fonds Walter Weideli déposé aux. In: ead.nb.admin.ch. Retrieved January 3, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by ME Durham. In: gutenberg.org. October 30, 2006, accessed January 3, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Original title: "Gjennem Montenegro paa Ski", Serbian translation: "Kroz Crnu Goru na skijama"
  6. ↑ Facts and fables: Swiss-Slavic travel encounter from the 18th to the 20th century, p. 346
  7. ↑ Mīnīstarstvo spolnikh poslova: Le rôle de la France dans l'annexion forcée du Monténégro (Documents officiels publiés par le Ministère des affaires étrangères du Monténégro) . Imprimerie A. Manuce, 1921, limited preview in Google Book search
  8. ↑ Henri Charles Glaude Jacob Mandere: Montenegro . Uitgegeven door de Maatschappij voor Goede en Goedkoope Lectuur, 1913, limited preview in the Google book search
personal data
SURNAME Piguet, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Piguet, Charles E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss educator
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1918
Place of death Eaux-Vives