Dion Boucicault

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  • BirthName: Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot
  • Self-constructed: Dion Boucicault

Milestones

26 December 1820

Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (later DB ), actor and playwright, was born in Dublin, the youngest of his mother's five children.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

18 September 1890

DB , Irish-born playwright, died of pneumonia in New York.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Ireland

26 December 1820

Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (later DB ), actor and playwright, was born in Dublin, the youngest of his mother's five children.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.