- Born
- February 26, 1786
- Died
- October 2, 1853 (aged 67)
- Known as
- astronomer, mathematician, physicist, politician, university teacher, biographer
Dominique François Jean Arago, known simply as François Arago, was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, freemason, supporter of the Carbonari revolutionaries, and politician.
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