Barbara, Charles
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| Birthname | Louis Charles Barbara | ||||
| born on | 5 March 1817 at 09:00 (= 09:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Orléans, France, 47n55, 1e54 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m1e54 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   14°28'   09°34 Asc. 21°27'
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Biography
French writer. In Paris, he became friends with Charles Baudelaire, Champfleury and Nadar. From 1848 he ran newspapers in Orleans but returned to Paris in 1850. In 1866, his wife and daughter died in a typhoid epidemic. This tragedy affected his mental health. He threw himself out of a window to his death on September 20, 1866 in Paris.
Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
Relationships
- friend relationship with Baudelaire, Charles (born 9 April 1821)
- friend relationship with Nadar (born 6 April 1820)
Events
- Death of Significant person 1866 (Wife and daughter)
Source Notes
Birth certificate in Didier Geslain archive, 'romans noirs (religion3)' pdf file, p. 14.
Sy Scholfield quotes same in "Un Conteur méconnu, Charles Barbara: 1817-1866" by Nori Kaméya (Librairie Minard, 1986), p. 247: "ACTE DE NAISSANCE DE LOUIS CHARLES BARBARA N°314 Aujourd'hui mercredi, cinq mars, mil huit cent dix sept à neuf heures du matin par devant nous, Adrien Vicomte De Grémion, Chevalier de S* Louis, adjoint à la mairie d'Orléans ... tous deux demeurant à Orléans, le premier, rue de Gourville N° 10, l'autre place du Martroy N° 21, nous a déclaré que Marie Henriette Louise Antoinette Alger, son épouse, agée de vingt six ans est accouchée aujourd'hui, à neuf heures du matin en son dit domicile d'un enfant mâle auquel il a donné les prénoms de Louis- Charles de laquelle déclaration que les témoins susnommés ont certifié véritable."
Categories
- Personal : Death : Suicide
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction (Novelist)
- Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor (Newspaper editor)
