Eugène François Vidocq
- François Eugène Vidocq
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- Vidocq, Eugène François
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1775-07-23
- Place of birth
- Arras
- Date of death
- 1857-05-11
- Place of death
- Paris
Wikipedia
Eugène-François Vidocq (French: [øʒɛn fʁɑ̃swa vidɔk]; 24 July 1775 – 11 May 1857) was a French criminal turned criminalist, whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, and Honoré de Balzac. He was the founder and first director of France's first criminal investigative agency, the Sûreté Nationale, as well as the head of the first known private detective agency. Vidocq is considered to be the father of the French national police force. He is also regarded as the first private detective.
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- Eugène François Vidocq is the subject of Hanns Zischler zu Vidocq
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- 2024-09-07