Henri-François Dumolard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri-François Dumolard

French playwright (1771-1845)

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1771

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1845

Profession: playwright

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Henri-François Élisabeth Étienne Dumolard-Orcel, better known as Henri-François Dumolard (2 October 1771 – 21 December 1845) was an early 19th-century French playwright. The son of a judge, he lost his father aged fifteen and in order to make a living, to go to school and to help his mother, accepted a position of copyist.
He became secretary general of the police administration (1789-1790) and a lawyer (1796).
A member of the "Société académique des sciences" and a controller of the Public Treasury (1796-1813), his plays were presented on the mpost important Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre du Vaudeville, the Théâtre des Variétés, and the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin.