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Arago, François (1786 – 1853)

A French physician and politician. He is responsible for many works in the domain of optics and astronomy. He was the director of the Paris Observatory. But he was also a key figure in the republican party under the July Monarchy. After the Revolution of 1848, which established the 2nd Republic, he became Minister of War and the Navy in the provisional government. However, he refused to swear an oath of allegiance to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, the future Napoléon III.

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