Hector Malot
Hector-Henri Malot was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais and as a literary critic for L'Opinion Nationale.
20 May 1830
Born on the same birth day (20 May): Angela Goethals • Balu Mahendra • Christie Blatchford • Constance Towers • David Hedison • Deryck Murray • George Gobel • Henry Bolte • Louis Smith (musician) • Patrick Leahy (athlete) • Raymond Chrétien • Robert Morin • Shiboprosad Mukherjee • Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet • Terrell Brandon
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