François Arago
François Arago | |
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Portrait by Charles de Steuben, 1832 | |
| President of the Executive Commission | |
| In office 9 May 1848 – 28 June 1848 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (as President of the Provisional Government) |
| Succeeded by | Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (as Chief of the Executive Power) |
| Minister of War | |
| In office 5 April 1848 – 11 May 1848 | |
| President | Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure |
| Preceded by | Louis-Eugène Cavaignac |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Baptiste-Adolphe Charras |
| Minister of the Navy | |
| In office 24 February 1848 – 4 May 1848 | |
| President | Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure |
| Preceded by | Louis Napoléon Lannes |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Grégoire Casy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 February 1786 Estagel, Roussillon, France |
| Died | 2 October 1853 (aged 67) |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris |
| Party | Moderate Republican |
| Spouse |
Lucie Carrier-Besombes
(m. 1811; died 1829) |
| Children | Emmanuel Arago Alfred Gabriel |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
| Profession | Astronomer, physicist, mathematician |
| Scientific career | |
| Known for | Rotary polarization Polarizer Eddy currents Fresnel–Arago laws Arago spot Arago's rotations Arago telescope |
| Awards | Copley Medal |
| Fields | Astronomy, mathematics, physics |
| Institutions | Bureau des Longitudes, French Academy of Sciences, Paris Observatory |
| Patrons | Siméon Denis Poisson Pierre-Simon Laplace |
| Signature | |
Dominique François Jean Arago (Catalan: Domènec Francesc Joan Aragó), known simply as François Arago (French: [fʁɑ̃swa aʁaɡo]; Catalan: Francesc Aragó, IPA: [fɾənˈsɛsk əɾəˈɣo]; 26 February 1786 – 2 October 1853), was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, freemason, supporter of the Carbonari revolutionaries, and politician.