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Consul / diplomat

Charles Frédéric Théodore Goëpp

1815–1893 · France

French diplomat. Consul at Larnaca. Worked with Louis de Mas Latrie.

Life and work

  1. 1845–1846
    Helped the historian Louis de Mas Latrie during his 1845-46 stay in Cyprus (with Fourcade, 'showed the island' to him, per Marangou); Masson 1992 says he 'received' the first French scientific missionary.

    LarnacaAmandry et al. 1987, p. 3Marangou 2000, p. 52Masson 1992, p. 123

  2. 1846
    Merrillees notes 'a hint' that Goëpp may have been involved in the Sargon II stele affair at Larnaca: Mas Latrie's letter of 18 April 1846 says the 'consul' had already had the monument put under shelter and awaited orders about its acquisition. The consul is not named in the quoted passage; Merrillees offers this as a hint only.

    LarnacaMerrillees 2016

Connections

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Scholarship

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2016). “Studies on the provenances of the stele of Sargon II from Larnaca (Kition) and the two so-called Dhali (Idalion) silver bowls in the Louvre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 46, 349-386. Online
  2. 2.M. Amandry, A. Hermary, O. Masson (1987). “Les premières antiquités chypriotes du Cabinet des Médailles et la mission Mas Latrie en 1845-1846”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 8, 3-15. Online
  3. 3.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
  4. 4.O. Masson (1992). “Diplomates et amateurs d'antiquités à Chypre vers 1866-1878”. Journal des Savants, 123-154.
  5. 5.L. Bonato (2003). “Le consulat de France à Larnaca à la fin de la monarchie de juillet. Correspondance de Dagobert Fourcade et Théodore Goepp (1840-1849). I. L'organisation de l'institution consulaire. La représentation du gouvernement français”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 33, 273-303.