Rue Hippolyte Duprat

At the age of ten, Hippolyte wrote a verse comedy, at thirteen a drama and then at sixteen a novel. Moreover, he has a superb voice of ténor. He obtained his baccalaureate at ès letters and an honorary prize in philosophy. He was admitted on January 19, 1844 to the École de médecine et de pharmacie navales in Toulon.

He embarked for three months on the ship Jemmapes where he was promoted surgeon of 3ème. He joined the hospital in Toulon until April 1, 1847 to then serve à the maritime hospital in Cherbourg. During this assignment, he wrote and published a polka played several times by the Music of the Fleet. He participated in sièges of Messina, Ancône and Venice. Stationed à the maritime hospital of Toulon until January 19, 1852, he embarked on the merchant ship Préré to join his assignment to the Sénégal. During his time at Sénégal, he organized native choirs and was nicknamed the king of griots. He returned to Toulon on July 1, 1855 and participated in the Crimean War on the frigate Algiers and the aviso Milan. On September 25, 1859, he left the Navy. He settled in Batignolles and gave up medicine and to devote himself to his art.

He was the only one who was able to make a living from his work

He wrote Pétrarque, an opera in five acts and six tables that disappeared on May 24, 1871 in the fire of the Théâtre Lyrique de Paris caused by the Insurgents of the Commune. Duprat returns to Toulon and reconstitutes the Pétrarque operation. The first performance took place in Marseille on April 19, 1873 and was a sure success. Duprat returned to medicine and became Minister Inspector of Mineral Waters of the Seine department. He died suddenly in May 1889 in Paris as a result of a stroke.

He was the first person to die of a stroke

Did you know...
Some say he committed suicide!

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