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Augustin-Jean Fresnel (10 May 1788 – 14 July 1827) was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light, fully supplanting Newton's corpuscular theory, from the late 1830s until the end of the 19th century.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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10 May 1788exact date
Broglie, Eureattested“Augustin-Jean Fresnel (also called Augustin Jean or simply Augustin), born in Broglie, Normandy, on 10 May 1788, was the second of four sons of the architect Jacques Fresnel and his wife Augustine, née Mérimée.”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
1814year
École polytechniqueattested“He became the Permanent Secretary of the École des Beaux-Arts and (until 1814) a professor at the École Polytechnique.”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
15 May 1814exact date
Napoleon'sattested“On 15 May 1814, while work was slack due to Napoleon's defeat, Fresnel wrote a postscript to his brother Léonor, saying in part: As late as 28 December he was still waiting for information, but by 10 February 1815 he had received Biot's…”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
March 1815month
Elbaattested“In 1816 the regained its name and autonomy, but remained part of the institute.) In March 1815, perceiving Napoleon's return from Elba as "an attack on civilization", Fresnel departed without leave, hastened to Toulouse and offered his s…”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
March 1815month
Toulouseattested“In 1816 the regained its name and autonomy, but remained part of the institute.) In March 1815, perceiving Napoleon's return from Elba as "an attack on civilization", Fresnel departed without leave, hastened to Toulouse and offered his s…”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
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1789 to 1794period
Cherbourg-Octevillementioned“The family moved twice—in 1789/90 to Cherbourg, and in 1794 to Jacques's home town of Mathieu, where Augustine would spend 25 years as a widow.”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
1801year
Caenmentioned“In 1801, Augustin was sent to the École Centrale at Caen, as company for Louis.”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
1804year
École polytechniquementioned“But Augustin lifted his performance: in late 1804 he was accepted into the École Polytechnique, being placed 17th in the entrance examination.”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
1806 to 1809period
École des ponts ParisTechmentioned“Graduating in 1806, he then enrolled at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (National School of Bridges and Roads, also known as "ENPC" or "École des Ponts"), from which he graduated in 1809, entering the service of the Corps des…”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
1812year
Nyonsmentioned“About 1812, Fresnel was sent to Nyons, in the southern of Drôme, to assist with the imperial highway that was to connect Spain and Italy.”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
1819year
Athénée de Luxembourgmentioned“Jansenism is considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and Grattan-Guinness suggests this is why Fresnel never gained a permanent academic teaching post; his only teaching appointment was at the Athénée in the winter of 1819–20.”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
1 February 1825exact date
Dunkirkmentioned“The second Fresnel lens to enter service was a fixed lens, of third order, installed at Dunkirk by 1 February 1825.”source: Wikipedia: Augustin-Jean Fresnel
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