Philippe Antoine Merlin, a.k.a. Merlin de Douai

Count of the Empire

Philippe Antoine Merlin was born on October 30, 1754 at Arleux, near Cambrai, Northern France.

He studied in Douai and became a lawyer.

Merlin de Douai died in Paris on December 26, 1838, and was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery  .