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.

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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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Neil Armstrong

(1930 /2012 )

Astronaute américain et aviateur de l’United States Navy. Il est le premier homme à avoir posé le pied sur la Lune le durant la mission Apollo 11.

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