# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-arago
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:37:23.522Z

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deathDate: "1853-10-02"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 26 February 1786, François Arago came up through mathematics, physics, and astronomy at a time when those fields were being rebuilt from first principles. He worked on light, magnetism, and celestial mechanics — problems that required new instruments and new thinking. But he also backed the Carbonari revolutionaries and joined the Freemasons, threading political defiance through a scientific career. By midlife he'd moved into elected office, carrying both identities into the chamber. He died 2 October 1853, having lived the contradiction: a man who trusted measurement and also trusted upheaval.