Dominique François Jean Arago
1786–1853
French physicist, astronomer, and politician. Professor of descriptive geometry at the École Polytechnique, 1809–30. Director of the Paris Observatory, where he gave public lectures on astronomy. An editor of the Annales de chimie et physique, 1816–40. Permanent secretary of the Académie des Sciences, 1830. Foreign member, Royal Society, 1818.
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DBF
DSB.
Bibliography
DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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