Eugène Daumas
Melchior Joseph Eugène Daumas (born September 4, 1803 in Delémont , Canton Jura , Switzerland , † April 29, 1871 in Camblanes , Gironde ) was a French general de division and author.
Daumas joined the army in 1822. Since 1835 he participated in the campaigns against Abd el-Kader , during which he was consul to Mascara from 1837-39. Daumas, who spoke Arabic , was the first head of the Bureaux arabes in Algeria under the French commander-in-chief Thomas-Robert Bugeaud ; Daumas was entrusted by Bugeaud with the restructuring of the affaires indigènes , the "domestic affairs,". In 1850 he was appointed director of Algerian affairs to the Ministry of War in Paris. 1858–59 he was President of the Paris Geographical Society.
His work on the "Horses of the Sahara" and "The Arabian Life" attracted particular attention among contemporaries.
Works
- The Sahara algérien études geographiques et historiques sur la region au sud des établissements français en Algérie . Langlois et Leclercq, Paris 1845
- La Grande Kabylie . Hachette, Paris 1847
- Le Grand désert ou itinéraire d'une caravane du Sahara au pays des nègres . Chaix et Cie, Paris 1848
- Moeurs et coutumes de l'Algérie . Hachette, Paris 1853
- Les Chevaux du Sahara et les mœurs du desert . Lévy, Paris 1858
- La Vie arabe et la société musulmane . Lévy, Paris 1869
literature
- Xavier Yacono: Article Melcior, Joseph, Eugène Daumas (1803–1871) . In: L'Académie des sciences d'outre-mer . 7 volumes, Académie des sciences d'outre-mer, Paris 1975–1986.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daumas, Eugène |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Daumas, Melchior Joseph Eugène (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delémont , Canton of Jura, Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1871 |
| Place of death | Camblanes , Gironde department |