François Arago (1786 - 1853)
Other form of the name
Arago , Dominique François Jean (état civil)
Birth
1786, Estagel, Pyrénées-Orientales (66), France
Death
1853, Paris, Paris (75), France
Nationality
France
Gender
Genre
Homme
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Section :
photographie; documentation personnalités
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Physicien et astronome, membre de l'Académie des Sciences (élection en 1809), adjoint au Bureau des Longitudes. Il présente avec Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, également physicien (1778-1850), le procédé de Daguerre à l'Académie des Sciences le 7 janvier 1839. Durand 2015 vol. 1.