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Victor Schoelcher
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French politician and writer (1804-1893)
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Victor Schoelcher was a French politician, writer, musicologist, and abolitionist. Born in Paris in 1804, he was educated at Lycée Condorcet and held the positions of irremovable senator and member of the French National Assembly. He wrote in French and worked in Martinique and Guadeloupe.
Schoelcher died in Houilles in 1893 and was buried in the Panthéon and Père Lachaise Cemetery. His notable works include *Le deux décembre*, *L'esclavage aux Etats-Unis et la loi sur les esclaves fugitifs*, *Contre le préjugé de couleur*, *L'Esclavage au Sénégal en 1880*, and *Abolition de la peine de mort*. He is described by sources such as Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Victor Schoelcher is referenced by 115 other articles, and connects out to Belgium, Paris and London.
It is catalogued under topics including 1804 births, 1893 deaths and 19th-century French journalists.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1804
- Died
- 1893
- Works
- 58
Top works
- Vie de Toussaint-Louverture
- Colonies étrangeres et Haiti
- Le deux décembre
- L'esclavage aux Etats-Unis et la loi sur les esclaves fugitifs
- Contre le préjugé de couleur
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Chile
- Active from
- 1932-09-28
- Active to
- 1973-09-16
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Victor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Houilles
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Lycée Condorcet
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Victor Schœlcher par Henri Decaisne.jpg
- Work location
- Guadeloupe
- Significant event
- funeral
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- Commons category
- Victor Schoelcher
- date of birth
- 1804-07-22
- date of death
- 1893-12-25
- Commons Creator page
- Victor Schœlcher
- writing language
- French
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Victor Schoelcher, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana