François Arago

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:Foreign_Member_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Rumford_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1786-02-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Estagel,_France
gptkbp:deathDate 1853-10-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Paris,_France
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:politics
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label François Arago
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Hippolyte_Fizeau
gptkb:Léon_Foucault
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Augustin-Jean_Fresnel
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Arago's_rotations
gptkb:Arago_spot
work on electromagnetism
discoveries in polarization of light
support for wave theory of light
gptkbp:languageOfWork gptkb:French
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Académie_française
gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Bureau_des_Longitudes
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
astronomer
politician
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Minister_of_War_and_the_Navy_(France)
gptkb:interim_Head_of_State_of_France_(1848)
Director of the Paris Observatory
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Père_Lachaise_Cemetery
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Jacques_Arago
gptkb:Jean_Arago
gptkbp:signature François Arago signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lucie_Carrier
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gptkb:French_Second_Republic
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