Ambroise Roux-Alphéran

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Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, a.k.a. Ambroise-Thomas Roux-Alphéran, (1776-1858), was a clerk of the court of Aix-en-Provence under the Restoration.[1]

[edit] Biography

On Louis-Philippe's coming to the throne, he quit his job and and decided to spend his time studying and writing about the history of Aix-en-Provence.[2]

He died in Aix-en-Provence on 8 February 1858 at number 9 on the rue Longue-Saint-Jean, which was subsequently re-named after him. [1]

[edit] Works and themes

By 1846-1848 he published Les Rues d'Aix. His numerous works are kept in the Bibliothèque Méjanes, in Aix.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Musées Arbaud et les personnages illustres de l'académie d'Aix-en-Provence - Provence Museums France
  2. ^ Musées Arbaud et les personnages illustres de l'académie d'Aix-en-Provence - Provence Museums France
  3. ^ Musées Arbaud et les personnages illustres de l'académie d'Aix-en-Provence - Provence Museums France
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