Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1818 akapinda mubasa roumishinari. Muna 1829 akadzokera kuFrench ministry of foreign affairs, achiva sous-directeur wayo ipapo director wayo wezvematongerwo enyika, asi basa rake rakakanganiswa nezvikumbiro zvake zvekurega basa mushure mekushanduka kwe
1830 na1848, ayo akaita okupedzisira pashure pokubvuta kworudzi rwa 1851. Akasarudzwa kuva nhengo yeAcadémie française muna 1878