Eugène François Vidocq

Eugène François Vidocq
Eugène François Vidocq

Eugène-François Vidocq was a French criminal turned criminalist, whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, and Honoré de Balzac. The former criminal became the founder and first director of the crime-detection Sûreté nationale as well as the head of the first known private detective agency. Vidocq is considered to be the father of modern criminology and of the French police department. He is also regarded as the first private detective.

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Male
Birth Place
France, Hauts-de-France
Date of Death
May 11st, 1857
Died Aged
-112
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