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Madiou, Thomas, 1814-1884

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Personal name headingMadiou, Thomas, 1814-1884
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Associated countryHaiti
Associated placeFrance
Birth date1814-04-30
Death date1884-05-25
Place of birthPort-au-Prince (Haiti)
Field of activityHistory
Profession or occupationPoliticians Public officers Historians
Found inHis Histoire d'Haïti, 1922: t.p. (Thomas Madiou)
Nuc pre-56 (Madiou, Thomas, 1814-1884)
Autobiographie, 2017: title page (Thomas Madiou) page 4 of cover (born Port-au-Prince [Haiti], April 30, 1814) page 254 (died May 25, 1884)
Wikipedia, Feb. 9, 2018 (Thomas Madiou (1814-1884) was a Haitian historian, politician, public officer; his "Histoire d'Haïti" is considered one of the most valuable documents of Haitian history and literature; b. in Port-au-Prince, left Haiti at the age ten to study in France; attended the Law School of Paris for two years before returning to Haiti; in France, he met Isaac Louverture, the son of Haiti's revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture, the encounter sparked Madiou's interest in his country's past, and he returned to Haiti with the intention to write its history)
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