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Adolphe Franconi

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Adolphe Franconi
His grave at the Père Lachaise Cemetery
Born
Henri Adolphe Franconi

1801
Died2 November 1855(1855-11-02) (aged 53–54)
Occupation(s)Playwright, circus performer

Henri Adolphe Franconi (1801 – 2 November 1855) was a French playwright and circus performer.

A grandson of Antonio Franconi and son of Henri Franconi, he succeeded him in 1827 as managing director of the Cirque-Olympique. He specialized in training horses. In 1835, he forged an association with Louis Dejean in order to establish a circus tent on the Champs-Élysées, at the Carré Marigny.

He died of a heart attack at the Cirque-Olympique in 1855.

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Bibliography

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  • Artaud de Montor, Encyclopédie des gens du monde, 1839, p. 595
  • Alphonse Karr, Notice nécrologique, in Les Bourdonnements du siècle issue 25, 25 November 1855
  • Camille Dreyfus, André Berthelot, La Grande encyclopédie: inventaire raisonné des sciences..., 1886, p. 55
  • Henry Lyonnet, Dictionnaire des comédiens français, 1911, p. 83