Answer the following question: Facts: - death place: geneva , switzerland - alt: black-and-white left . drawing of a middle-aged man , facing down - caption: self portrait of rodolphe topffer -lrb- 1840 -rrb- - death date: 8 june 1846 - birth date: 31 january 1799 - name: rodolphe topffer - nationality: swiss - image: rodolfe toepffer.png - birth place: geneva , leman , helvetic republic - occupation: cartoonist author painter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rodolphe topffer .
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rodolphe topffer -lrb- 31 january 1799 -- 8 june 1846 -rrb- was a swiss teacher , author , painter , cartoonist , and caricaturist .he is best known for his illustrated books , which can be seen as the earliest european comics .paris-educated , topffer worked as a schoolteacher and ran a boarding school , where he entertained students with his caricatures .in 1837 , he published