François Arago

François Arago

(1786/1853)

An astronomer, a member (at 23) of the Academy of Sciences, where he became permanent secretary, a professor at the École Polytechnique, and director of the Observatory, he was a proponent of the wave theory. With Biot, he continued and verified Fresnel's theories. A far-left deputy for the Pyrénées-Orientales, he was part of the provisional government during the 1848 revolution.

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