- Ambroise Roux-Alphéran
Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, a.k.a. Ambroise-Thomas Roux-Alphéran, (1776-1858), was a clerk of the court of
Aix-en-Provence under theRestoration . [ [http://www.museum-aix-en-provence.org/aix-en-provence-arbaud_academie.htm Musées Arbaud et les personnages illustres de l'académie d'Aix-en-Provence - Provence Museums France ] ]Biography
On
Louis-Philippe 's coming to the throne, he quit his job and decided to spend his time studying and writing about the history ofAix-en-Provence . [ [http://www.museum-aix-en-provence.org/aix-en-provence-arbaud_academie.htm Musées Arbaud et les personnages illustres de l'académie d'Aix-en-Provence - Provence Museums France ] ]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. [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wl&q=]Works and themes
By 1846-1848 he published "Les Rues d'Aix". His numerous works are kept in the Bibliothèque Méjanes, in Aix. [ [http://www.museum-aix-en-provence.org/aix-en-provence-arbaud_academie.htm Musées Arbaud et les personnages illustres de l'académie d'Aix-en-Provence - Provence Museums France ] ]
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