Head of the French Surete Nationale who succeeded Eugene Francois Vidocq after Vidocq's November 1832 resignation, continuing the plainclothes detective bureau Vidocq had founded.
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Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountConfirmed still heading the Surete as of 1843, when visiting Scotland Yard officials spent two days observing his bureau before continuing on to study Vidocq's own private detective agency. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Vidocq's successor as head of the Surete after Vidocq's November 1832 resignation.
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