François Zola
François Zola (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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| Born | Francesco Antonio Giuseppe Maria Zolla 7 August 1796 |
| Died | 27 March 1847 (aged 50) |
| Resting place | Saint-Pierre Cemetery, Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse(s) | Émilie Aubert |
| Children | Émile Zola |
Zola (originally Francesco Zolla) 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.
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- Mitterand, Henri (2009). Zola tel qu'en lui-même. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. pp. 171–204. ISBN 9782130570820. Retrieved March 28, 2016 – via Cairn.info.
- Marzials, Frank Thomas (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1001.
- Sacquin, Michèle; Cabannes, Viviane (2002). Zola et autour d'une oeuvre : Au bonheur des dames. Bibliothèque nationale de France. ISBN 9782717722161.
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