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Place of Birth: Châteauroux, Centre-Val de Loire, France
About Henri Barboux
- Louis Henri Barboux (24 September 1834, Châteauroux, Indre – 25 April 1910, Paris) was a prominent French financial lawyer, politician, and member of the Académie française.
- Barboux was the lawyer for Sarah Bernhardt in her 1880 breach-of-contract suit against the Comédie-Française, and famously represented canal developer Ferdinand de Lesseps in the court trials of the financial Panama scandals beginning in 1892.
- Despite the political controversies attached to the Panama scandals, Barboux was elected member of the Académie française in 1907 and served only briefly before his death.
- His speeches were collected in three volumes in 1889 and 1890.
- Barboux is buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery, and a short street named in his honor lies in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Source: La France illustrée, n° 1734, 22 février 1908.
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Eugène Pirou
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| Alternative names | Eugene Pirou; Eugené Pirou | ||
| Description | French photographer and filmmaker | ||
| Date of birth/death | 26 September 1841 | 30 September 1909 | |
| Location of birth/death | Tubœuf | Chaville | |
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Source: La France illustrée, n° 1734, 22 février 1908.
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