Armenophile
An Armenophile (Armenian: հայասեր, hayaser, lit. "Armenian-lover")[1] is a non-Armenian person who expresses a strong interest in or appreciation for Armenian culture, Armenian history or the Armenian people. It may apply to both those who display an enthusiasm in Armenian culture and to those who support political or social causes associated with the Armenian people. During and after the First World War and simultaneous Armenian Genocide, the term was applied to people like Henry Morgenthau who actively drew attention to the victims of massacre and deportation, and who raised aid for refugees. President Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt have also been called Armenophiles, due in part to their support for the creation of Wilsonian Armenia.
In modern usage, the term is sometimes used (particularly in Turkey and Azerbaijan) as an allegation of bias, especially when applied to those who actively support recognition of the Armenian Genocide or those who support the Armenian position in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Notable Armenophiles
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- Medieval
- David the Builder (1073–1125), King of Georgia[2]
- 19th-20th centuries
- Lord Byron (1788–1824), English Romantic poet[3]
- William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[4][5]
- Count Vorontsov-Dashkov (1837–1916), Russian political and military figure[6]
- James Bryce (1838–1922), British academic, jurist, historian, politician[7][8]
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), President of the United States[9]
- Johannes Lepsius (1858–1926), German Protestant missionary[10][11]
- Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), Russian Jewish poet and essayist[12]
- Henry Morgenthau, Sr. (1856–1946), U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
- Contemporary
- Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox (born 1937), member of the British House of Lords[13]
- Adam Schiff (born 1960), U.S. Congressman[14][15]
- Valérie Boyer (born 1962), member of the National Assembly of France[16][17]
See also
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