François Zola

François Zola (7 August 1796 – 27 March 1847) was an Italian-born French engineer. He built the Zola Dam creating Lac Zola near Le Tholonet in Aix-en-Provence.[1]

François Zola
Born	Francesco Antonio Giuseppe Maria Zolla 7 August 1796 Republic of Venice, Italy
Died	27 March 1847(1847-03-27) (aged 50) Marseille, France
Resting place	Saint-Pierre Cemetery, Aix-en-Provence, France
Occupation	Engineer
Spouse(s)	Émilie Aubert
Children	Émile Zola

Zola (originally Francesco Zolla) was an Italian engineer with some Greek ancestry,[2] who was born in Venice in 1795; his mother was French.[3]

He lived in Paris with his wife Émilie Aubert when their son, the author Émile Zola, was born in 1840.[1] The family moved to Aix-en-Provence when Émile was three years old. François died four years later, in 1847.

References

1. Mitterand, Henri (2009). Zola tel qu'en lui-même. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. pp. 171–204. ISBN 9782130570820. Retrieved March 28, 2016 – via Cairn.info.
2. Marzials, Frank Thomas (1911). "Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1001.
3. Sacquin, Michèle; Cabannes, Viviane (2002). Zola et autour d'une oeuvre : Au bonheur des dames. Bibliothèque nationale de France. ISBN 9782717722161.