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    Dominique François Jean Arago (Catalan: Domènec Francesc Joan Aragó), known simply as François Arago (French: [fʁɑ̃swa aʁaɡo]; Catalan: Francesc Aragó...
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    Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (French pronunciation: [dɔminik maʁi fʁɑ̃swa ʁəne ɡaluzo də vilpɛ̃]; born 14 November 1953) is a French...
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    reject Fresnel's theory. However, the head of the committee, Dominique-François-Jean Arago, decided to actually perform the experiment. He molded a 2 mm...
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  • predicts the Poisson-Arago bright spot at the center of the shadow of a circular opaque obstacle 1818 – François Jean Dominique Arago verifies the existence...
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    to the government of Louis-Philippe was adroitly averted by François Jean Dominique Arago, who, while his "revocation" was being plotted by the council...
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    François René Jean Lucien Bayrou (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa bajʁu]; born 25 May 1951) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France...
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    and Industry Jean-Louis Borloo – Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Cohesion Dominique Perben – Minister of Justice François Fillon – Minister...
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    Cassini IV, in 1823–1825 by François Arago and in 1861–1862 by François Perrier. Between 1792 and 1798 Pierre Méchain and Jean-Baptiste Delambre surveyed...
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  • – Dutch painter Guillaume Apollinaire – French poet and art critic François Arago – French scientist and statesman Arman (Armand Fernandez) – French painter...
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    the UMP party. On the day of the vote, both candidates (Fillon and Jean-François Copé) claimed victory and accused the other of cheating. This led to...
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    (1712–1756) are listed as "Directors" retrospectively. The same goes for François Arago, who also was not actually a Director although he did have a de facto...
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    Pennsylvania, US. The prison is surrounded by: Boulevard Arago to the north. Rue Messier to the west. Rue Jean-Dolent to the south. Rue de la Santé to the east...
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    disprove Fresnel's theory. However, the head of the committee, Dominique-François-Jean Arago, and who incidentally later became Prime Minister of France...
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  • synchronizing clocks across the world. It was headed during this time by François Arago and Henri Poincaré. The Bureau now functions as an academy and still...
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    subsequently served as Foreign Minister in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government until June 2005 when Dominique de Villepin replaced him with Philippe Douste-Blazy...
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  • Anthelme Pierre Antonini François Arago Henri Arnaut de Zwolle Jean Audouze Adrien Auzout Benjamin Baillaud Jules Baillaud Jean Sylvain Bailly Paul Baize...
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    the Year III. An entirely ceremonial post, the first president was Jean-François Rewbell, who was chosen by lot on 2 November 1795. The Directors conducted...
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  • Sarcey, Dourdan Lycée François Ier, Vitry-le-François Lycée François Ier, Le Havre Lycée François Arago, Perpignan Lycée François Bazin, Charleville-Mézières...
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    Affairs Alain Richard – Minister of Defense Jean-Pierre Chevènement – Minister of the Interior Dominique Strauss-Kahn – Minister of Economy, Finance,...
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  • of diffraction rings.) However, the head of the committee, Dominique-François-Jean Arago thought it was necessary to perform the experiment in more detail...
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    of Baie-de-Gaspé-Sud. The Municipality of Saint-François-de-Sales changed its name to Saint-François-de-Sales-Isle-Jésus. 11 December: The Municipality...
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    French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under President François Mitterrand from 2 April 1992 to 29 March 1993. He was a member of the Socialist...
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    Wertz 1989, François Soulier, architect, and Michel Pena, landscape architect. Fontaine Juan-Mirò, Rue Gandon 1990. Fontaine Arago, Square Arago 69, boulevard...
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    René Monory – Minister of National Education François Léotard – Minister of Culture and Communications François Guillaume – Minister of Agriculture Bernard...
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    Louis Aragon (French: [lwi aʁaɡɔ̃] ; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement...
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    resignation of Jean-François Copé from the head of the UMP, it was announced that former Prime Ministers Alain Juppé, François Fillon and Jean-Pierre Raffarin...
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  • USC&GS Arago was a steamer that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey (renamed the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878)...
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    system for SNCF railway workers. After the resignation of ecology minister François de Rugy in 2019, Borne was promoted to head the ministry of the ecological...
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    the Palais-Royal. It is called "Homage to Arago", and is a tribute to the French mathematician François Arago, who first conceived the Paris meridian,...
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    Jean Joseph Dessolles, 1st Marquis Dessolles (born Jean Joseph Paul Augustin Dessolles; 3 July 1767 – 3 November 1828) was a French soldier and statesman...
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