death_place death_date birth_place birth_date known_for article_title name
durban , south africa 10 december 1853 paris , france 02 february 1787 book writing , teaching music , playwriting and journalism charles etienne boniface
 charles etienne boniface
charles etienne boniface

charles etienne boniface -lrb- 2 february 1787 -- 10 december 1853 -rrb- was an early nineteenth century music teacher , playwright , journalist and polyglot who was born in france , but who spent his adult life in southern africa .
his writings and compositions are amongst the earliest publications of what was then the cape colony .
