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françois du chateau de versailles -rrb- '' pouqueville in front of ioannina '' -lrb- collection -lrb- chateau de versailles , 1830 -rrb- 20 december 1838 paris , france le merlerault , normandy , france france by henriette lorimier 04 november 1770 his influential diplomacy and writings françois pouqueville.jpg françois pouqueville
 françois pouqueville academician , archaeologist , diplomat , writer , physician , historian
françois pouqueville

françois charles hugues laurent pouqueville -lrb- ; 4 november 1770 -- 20 december 1838 -rrb- was a french diplomat , writer , explorer , physician and historian , member of the institut de france .
first as the turkish sultan 's hostage , then as napoleon bonaparte 's general consul at the court of ali pasha of ioannina , he travelled extensively throughout ottoman occupied greece from 1798 to 1820 .
with his far reaching diplomacy and with his writings , he became a prominent architect of the philhellenism movement throughout europe , and contributed eminently to the liberation of the greeks , and to the rebirth of the greek nation .
