Étienne‐François Aymonier

Japanese: エーモニエ（英語表記）Étienne‐François Aymonier

1844‐1929
A military officer and colonial official in the former French Indochina. He was the first scholar to study Cambodia and the Champa Kingdom. Born in Savoy in the south of France, he graduated from the military academy in 1868 and was immediately assigned to Indochina as an administrative officer. He became interested in the Cambodian language, customs, and history, and in 1874 became a Cambodian language instructor at the civil servant training school in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). He also served as acting commissioner in Cambodia (1879-81), while conducting research activities (1882-85) throughout Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and southern Vietnam (where the Cham people live), and since assuming his post he has collected palm leaf manuscripts and rubbings of inscriptions in various places.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1844‐1929
旧フランス領インドシナの軍人，植民地官吏。カンボジア，チャンパ王国の研究を最初に手がけた学者。南フランスのサボアに生まれ，1868年陸軍士官学校卒，すぐにインドシナに配属され，行政官となる。カンボジアの言語･習俗･歴史に興味を寄せ，74年からサイゴン(現，ホー･チ･ミン)の官吏養成校でカンボジア語教官となる。さらに駐カンボジア理事官代理(1879‐81)などを務めるかたわら，カンボジア全域，ラオス，タイ，ベトナム南部(チャム族の居住地)で調査活動(1882‐85)を行い，着任以来，各地で貝葉写本，碑刻文拓本等を収集する。

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