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Pierre Allard

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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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Nationality
Canadian 1
Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own account
Confirmed 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. 2
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Vidocq's successor as head of the Surete after Vidocq's November 1832 resignation.

Source Wikipedia: Eugene Francois Vidocq
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1. Wikipedia: Pierre Allard
2. Wikipedia: Eugene Francois Vidocq
  • article body, succession after 1832 resignation
    Vidocq's successor was Pierre Allard.
  • article body, Scotland Yard 1843 visit
    They spent only two days with Pierre Allard, who was head of the Surete by then.
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