About Jules Solime Milscent
Lived 1778 – 1842 (aged 63–64). Jules Solime Milscent was a Haitian poet and politician.
Jules Solime Milscent (c. 1778 – 7 May 1842) was a Haitian fabulist, poet, and politician. He was a mulatto, born in Grande-Rivière du Nord to an ethnically French father and a free mother of African descent. Educated in France, Milscent co-founded the periodical L'Abeille Haytienne and served in several government positions, including a seat on the commission to draft the Haitian Civil Code. He is best known for his fables, such as: L'Homme, la Guêpe et le Serpent Le Cœur et l'Esprit L'Homme et le Serpent Le Chien et le Loup L'Enfant et la Sauterelle
Milscent was killed in the 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake.
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Haitian politician and poet
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Jules Solime Milscent was born in 1778 in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord.
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Jules Solime Milscent died in 1842 in Haiti.
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Jules Solime Milscent was a poet and politician.
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Jules Solime Milscent was Haitian.
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