Hippolyte Bis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hippolyte Bis

French playwright and librettist

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1789

Place of Birth: Douai, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 03-Mar-1855

Profession: writer, playwright, librettist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Hippolyte Louis Florent Bis (29 August 1789 – 3 March 1855), was an early 19th-century French playwright and librettist.
He is mostly known for the libretto to Giachino Rossini's opera William Tell (premiered in 1829), which he wrote with Étienne de Jouy.



Alternative names	Henri Auguste Calixte César Serrur
Description	French history painter
Date of birth/death	8 February 1794	2 September 1865
Location of birth/death	Lambersart	Paris
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