Hippolyte-Romain Duthilloeul

French litterateur and biographer

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Hippolyte-Romain-Joseph Duthilloeul (1788-1862) was a French litterateur and biographer.

He has written a biographical dictionary of notable men of the city of Douai, his homeland. In 1834, he became librarian of the city of Douai and allowed the rescue of book collections and archives that enrich the current Douai Library.