Abstract
The model of Arago’s statue, erected in Paris in 1893. The sculptor, Alexandre Joseph Oliva (1823–1880) is visible on the left. The statue was placed close to the Paris Observatory on a pedestal by Joannis. Only this pedestal survives, because the bronze statue was melted during the Second World War. Bibliothèque de l’Observatoire de Paris
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*Barral (1853).
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*Sainte-Beuve (1854), see p. 18. First a socialist, Sainte-Beuve joined the service of the Empire.
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Probably only the services rendered to science!
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*Mirecourt (1859).
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*Audiganne (1857), see p. 90.
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Frénay (1986).
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Péreire (1865).
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This statue by Antoine Mercié (1845–1916) rests on a pedestal with three bronze bas-reliefs representing episodes of Arago’s life. On one of them, he is figured appeasing the anger of the mob on the barricades in 1848, and on another one he is supposed to dictate his Astronomie populaire to his niece Lucie Laugier.
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Cited by Sarda (2000).
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In February 1886, the town council of Paris did not authorize the organizing committee to give a public banquet, and refused a subvention for the statue. The opposition was essentially due to the fear that the much hatred Étienne Arago would benefit from the glory of his brother. Things turned better after his death in 1892, but the right-wing opposition succeeded in delaying again the ceremony: see *Fonveille (s.d.), see p. 280–289, in which large extracts of the speeches are reproduced.
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Mahy (1893).
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Tisserand (1893).
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Mouchez (1893).
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Cornu (1893).
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Jamin (1885).
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Fonveille (s.d.). The citation is from Péreire (1865) p. 12.
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Danjon (1853).
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Debyser (2007).
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See on this topic Abragam (1989).
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Danjon (1953).
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See Lequeux (2013).
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Lequeux, J. (2016). Arago’s Legacy. In: François Arago. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 421. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20723-0_12
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