Marcelin, Frédéric, 1848-1917

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Name (Latin)
Marcelin, Frédéric, 1848-1917
Date of birth
1848-01-14
Date of death
1917-01-10
Associated country
France
Haiti
Field of activity
Politics, Practical
Business
Finance
Writing
Occupation
Financial executives
Public officers
Authors
Diplomats
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 61534940
Wikidata: Q3090021
Library of congress: n 85066027
Sources of Information
  • His Autour de deux romans, 1984:t.p. (Frédéric Marcelin)
  • LC data base, 10-1-85(hdg.: Marcelin, Frédéric, 1848-1917)
  • Le passé, 2014:page 127 (Frédéric Marcelin, born in Port-au-Prince in 1848; served as secretary to the Legation of Haiti in Washington; deputy of Port-au-Prince under president Dominigue; member of Parti National; elected as deputy again under Salomon. Directed the department of Finances under Florvil Hyppolite; died in France in 1917)
  • Lehman College, Île en île website, viewed December 8, 2014:(Frédéric Marcelin, born in Port-au-Prince in 1848; in 1867 he served as secretary to the Legation of Haiti in Washington; In 1874 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies; elected MP for Port-au-Prince in 1882; Head of Finance under President Hippolyte from 1892-1894. Retired to France and published several books including 3 novels. Returned to Haiti in 1905; founded la revue Haïti littéraire et sociale. Left Haiti again in 1908 after the fall of the Alexis government; died in Paris in 1917. Wrote some novels, but mainly books dealing with finance, world trade and politics.)