Mermet de Cachon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mermet de Cachon

French priest

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1828

Place of Birth: Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1889

Profession: missionary, Catholic priest, lexicographer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Eugène-Emmanuel Mermet-Cachon (10 September 1828 – 14 March 1889), was a French priest and Roman Catholic missionary in Bakumatsu period Japan, who served as interpreter for and advisor to French diplomatic missions, playing crucial role in the development of a special relationship between the French government and the Tokugawa shogunate.