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Ar`ago, François
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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An eminent physicist and astronomer, born in the S. of France, entered the Polytechnic School of Paris when seventeen, elected a member of the Academy of Sciences at the early age of twenty-three, nominated Director of the Observatory in 1830, was member of the Provisional Government in 1848, refused to take the oath to Louis Napoleon after the coup d'état , would rather resign his post at the Observatory, but was retained, and at his death received a public funeral (1786-1853).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ar`ago, François'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/arago-franassois.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ar`ago, François'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/arago-franassois.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.