Charles-Louis Largeteau
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Charles-Louis Largeteau
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Charles-Louis Largeteau (1791–1857) was a French physicist and astronomer. He was born in Mouilleron-en-Pareds in the Vendée into a poor family. His father, a gunner, died in the 1793 Battle of Le Mans. He was taken in by an uncle in Fontenay-le-Comte, and excelled at school there, moving to grammar school in Poitiers. He studied then at the École Polytechnique. In 1813, he joined the Corps royal du génie, where he worked mapping France. In 1825, he participated, alongside John Herschel in a joi
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French physicist and astronomer (1791–1857)
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