Edmond Papinot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edmond Papinot

japanologist

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1860

Place of Birth: Chalon-sur-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 21-Nov-1942

Profession: historian, missionary, japanologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jacques Edmond-Joseph Papinot (1860–1942) was a French Roman Catholic priest and missionary who was also known in Japan as Father Papino (?????, Papino-shinpu).
He was an architect, academic, historian, editor, Japanologist. Papinot is best known for creating an Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan which was first published in French in 1899.
The work was published in English in 1906.