Charles Mouhot

Charles Mouhot (1828 — 1904) was a younger brother of Henri Alexandre Mouhot, the famous French explorer who gave a vivid description of Angkor in 1859.

Just a year after Henri’s death in Laos in 1861, Charles Mouhot completed the English translation of his brother’s travelogue, Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-china (Siam), Cambodia and Laos, based on Henri’s personal notes and his letters to Charles as well as to Henri’s wife, Anne (Annette) Mouhot née Park. Dedicated to ​“the learned Societies of England”, this edition carried a presentation(“Memoir of Henri Mouhot”) by J.J. Belinfante.

Charles Mouhot’s own wife, Jane Elizabeth Mary (Jenny) Mouhot née Park (1831, London — ?), was a cousin of Annette, and both were related to illustrious Scottish explorer Mungo Park, a celebrated explorer of Western Africa.