Eugène François Vidocq  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

Revision as of 21:47, 11 May 2008; view current revision
←Older revision | Newer revision→
Jump to: navigation, search

Related e

Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Shop


Featured:

Eugène François Vidocq (July 23, 1775May 11, 1857) was a French criminal who later became the first director of Sûreté Nationale and one of the first modern private investigators. Vidocq was Victor Hugo's inspiration for both reformed criminal Jean Valjean and his pursuer, police inspector Javert, in the novel Les Misérables.



Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Eugène François Vidocq" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.

Personal tools