Augustin-jean fresnel pronunciation

(b. Broglie, France, 10 May 1788; d. Ville-d’Avray, France, 14 July 1827)

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Fresnel’s father, Jacques, was a successful Norman architect and building contractor.

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In 1785, while directing improvements on the château of the maréchal de Broglie, he married Augustine Mérimée, the pious, well-educated daughter of the estate’s overseer. Subsequently he was employed on the harbor construction project at Cherbourg; and when this work was interrupted by the Revolution in 1794, he retired with his family to Mathieu, north of Caen.

Here Augustin spent the remainder of his childhood, deeply influenced by the home. In an atmosphere heavy with the values of a stern Jansenism his parents provided him with an elementary education. At twelve, undistinguished except for his practical ingenuity and mechanical talents, he entered the École Centrale in Caen.

The school’s progressive curriculum afforded Fresnel an introduction to science, and two of his masters made