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]

François Zola
Born
Francesco Antonio Giuseppe Maria Zolla

7 August 1796
Died27 March 1847(1847-03-27) (aged 50)
Resting placeSaint-Pierre Cemetery
OccupationEngineer
SpouseÉmilie Aubert
ChildrenÉmile Zola

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.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Marzials, Frank Thomas (1911). "Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1001.
  3. ^ Sacquin, Michèle; Cabannes, Viviane (2002). Zola et autour d'une oeuvre : Au bonheur des dames. Bibliothèque nationale de France. ISBN 9782717722161.