Madiou, Thomas, 1814-1884
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Name (Latin)
Madiou, Thomas, 1814-1884
Date of birth
1814-04-30
Date of death
1884-05-25
Associated country
Haiti
Field of activity
History
Occupation
Historians
Politicians
Public officers
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
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MARC
Sources of Information
- Autobiographie, 2017:title page (Thomas Madiou) page 4 of cover (born Port-au-Prince [Haiti], April 30, 1814) page 254 (died May 25, 1884)
- His Histoire d'Haïti, 1922:t.p. (Thomas Madiou)
- 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 ( (Wikipedia, Feb. 9, 2018) )
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