Francois Arago - Linda Hall Library
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webFebruary 26, 2021. François Arago, a French astronomer and homme politique, as the French call him, was born Feb. 26, 1768. Arago came from a town near the Pyrenees, but as a young man he made a trek to Toulouse to take the entrance exam to the prestigious Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, and he so distinguished himself that he gained admission.
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