François Zola
French engineer (1796–1847) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
François Zola (born Francesco Antonio Giuseppe Maria Zolla; 7 August 1796 – 27 March 1847) was an Italian-born French engineer. He built the Zola Dam, creating Lac Zola near Le Tholonet in Aix-en-Provence.[1]
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François Zola | |
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Born | Francesco Antonio Giuseppe Maria Zolla 7 August 1796 |
Died | 27 March 1847(1847-03-27) (aged 50) |
Resting place | Saint-Pierre Cemetery |
Occupation | Engineer |
Spouse | Émilie Aubert |
Children | Émile Zola |
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Zola was an Italian engineer with some Greek ancestry,[2] who was born in Venice in 1795; his mother was French.[3]
He lived in Paris with his wife Émilie Aubert when their son, the author Émile Zola, was born in 1840.[1] The family moved to Aix-en-Provence when Émile was three years old. François died four years later, in 1847.