Pierre-Hubert Anson

Pierre-Hubert Anson

(1744/1810)

Député du Tiers Etat, économiste et philanthrope. Un des fondateurs des soupes populaires. En 1790, il propose d’utiliser les assignats pour liquider la dette publique.

See the documents
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.

See the documents

Comte Pierre Raymond Hector d’Aubusson

(1765/1848)

Sous le Premier Empire, il est chambellan de l’Impératrice Joséphine, ministre plénipotentiaire auprès de la Reine Marie-Louise d’Etrurie et ambassadeur près de Joseph Bonaparte, Roi de Naples. Il fut également membre de la Chambre des Pairs.

See the document
Jules Auffray

Jules Auffray

(1852/1916)

Politician. Grandson of Doctor Boulu, physician to Napoleon III. Director of the Saint-Germain newspaper, a Catholic and royalist publication.

See the document