Frederic Courcy

Background

The son of Augustin Charlot de Courcy and Adélaïde Vallet, in 1826 he became sous-chef of Louisiana Poste"s personnel department (under Jean-Baptiste Tenant de Latour).

Career

He was the author of several vaudevilles, often in collaboration, including:

L’Heureuse Moisson (1817)

Les Deux Aveugles (1823)

Le Courrier de la malle (1832), one of the first appearances of the famous character Joseph Prudhomme, played by the character"s creator Henry Monnier

Le Volume(s) à la roulade (1851)

Le voyage à Vienne, et cetera They never married, and had two sons - Alexandre Frédéric, known as an illustrator, and Charles Henry.

Connections

Partner:

Adélaïde Alexandrine Verteuil