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François Arago
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C. Barth, 1840 (ca), François Arago, Lithograph, Archive Farms, LL/55196
François Arago

Born: Dominique François Jean Arago

Born: 1786 - France, Roussillon, Estagel
Died: 1853
Gender: Male
Active: France
 
French politician physicist and astronomer who used his considerable influence to promote the work of Daguerre and it was he who made the presentation on 7 January 1839 at the Académie des Sciences in Paris announcing the invention of photography.

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Pierre-Jean David / asa David d'Angers (Sculptor, 1788-1856), 1839, François Arago (1786-1853), Sculpture, Musée du Louvre, LL/95670
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Pierre-Jean David / asa David d'Angers (Sculptor, 1788-1856), 1839, François Arago (1786-1853), Sculpture, Musée du Louvre, LL/95671
Image: LL/95671
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Pierre-Jean David / asa David d'Angers (Sculptor, 1788-1856), 1839, François Arago (1786-1853), Sculpture, Musée du Louvre, LL/95672
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Pierre-Jean David / asa David d'Angers (Sculptor, 1788-1856), 1839, François Arago (1786-1853), Sculpture, Musée du Louvre, LL/95673
Image: LL/95673
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François Arago, 1839, 10 August (event), Arago annonce la découverte de Daguerre, Engraving, Internet - Original source ill-defined, LL/103634
Image: LL/103634
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François Arago, 1839, 10 August (event) 1864 (published), Fig. 12 Arago annonce la découverte de Daguerre, Engraving, Google Books, LL/34344
Image: LL/34344
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C. Barth, 1840 (ca), François Arago, Lithograph, Archive Farms, LL/55196
Image: LL/55196
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Unidentified photographer, 1850-1860, Plastercast of a bust of François Arago, Daguerreotype, stereo, Universiteit Leiden, Prentenkabinet, LL/67638
Image: LL/67638
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Antoine Claudet, 1852, M. Arago, Wood engraving, Private collection of Noel Chanan, LL/33038
Image: LL/33038
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Antoine Claudet, 1852, M. Arago. - From a Daguerreotype by Claudet, Wood engraving, Private collection of Noel Chanan, LL/36503
Image: LL/36503
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François Arago, 2007, Grave of François Arago, Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris, Colour photograph, Provided by the artist - Alan Bekhuis, LL/57506
Image: LL/57506
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