Austen, Jane 1775 1817 en 13 250015 Jane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works include Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. Her biting social commentary and masterful use of both free indirect speech and irony eventually made Austen one of the most influential and honored novelists in English Literature. Source: Wikipedia Lewis, Matthew 1775 1818 en 2 12051 Matthew Gregory Lewis (July 9, 1775 – May 14, 1818) was an English novelist and dramatist, often referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his Gothic novel, The Monk. Source: Wikipedia Vidocq, Eugène-François 1775 1857 fr 4 2002 Aventurier, voleur, bagnard, puis indicateur de police, il devient chef de la brigade de la Sûreté parisienne en 1811. En 1827, Vidocq démissionne de ses fonctions de chef de la Sûreté. Il s'installe à Saint-Mandé, près de Paris, et crée une petite usine de papier. Il invente le papier infalsifiable. En 1828, il publie des Mémoires qui connaissent un grand succès, et qui inspirent notamment à Honoré de Balzac son personnage de Vautrin. Ruiné par son affaire d'usine de papier, il occupe à nouveau durant sept mois le poste de chef de la sûreté en 1832, puis quitte définitivement le service public et fonde en 1833 le Bureau de renseignements pour le commerce, la première agence de détective privée, qui fournit aux commerçants, moyennant finance, des services de renseignement et de surveillance économique, ainsi que des informations sur les conjoints volages. Tucker, George 1775 1861 en 1 1155 George Tucker (August 20, 1775 - April 10, 1861), was born in Bermuda, and educated at College of William & Mary, where he studied law under St. George Tucker. After practicing law in Richmond, Virginia he moved to Lynchburg, Virginia. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1819 to 1825, representing Virginia in the 16th, 17th, and 18th United States Congresses. Tucker was appointed by Thomas Jefferson to be Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Virginia. In 1845 he resigned from the University and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He wrote a Life of Jefferson, Political History of the United States, Essays Moral and Philosophical, The Valley of the Shenandoah, a novel, A Voyage to the Moon (satire), and various works on economics. In 1827 he wrote the novel A Voyage to the Moon using the pseudonym "Joseph Atterley." Though a satire, it is considered by some to be the first American work of science fiction. According to the Dictionary of Literary Biography, he died from injuries sustained when a large bale of cotton being loaded on a ship in Mobile Bay fell on his head. After his injury he was removed to Albemarle County, Virginia, where he died on April 10, 1861. Source: Wikipedia