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HomeContents > People > Photographers > François Arago

Names:
Born: Dominique François Jean Arago 
Dates:  1786 - 1853
Born:  France, Roussillon, Estagel
Active:  France
Gender:  Male
 
  
French politician physicist and astronomer who used his considerable influence to promote the work of Daguerre and it was he who made the presentation on 13 August 1839 to the Chamber of Deputies announcing the invention of photography.

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M. Arago 
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Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. Go to website
 

Printed biographies

The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers.

 
• Capa, Cornell (ed.) 1984 The International Center of Photography: Encyclopedia of Photography (New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. - A Pound Press Book) p.33-34 
  
• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press)  [Includes a short biography on François Arago.] 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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