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Ambroise Roux-Alphéran (1776–1858), aka Ambroise-Thomas Roux-Alphéran, was a French historian and clerk of the court of Aix-en-Provence under the Restoration.
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 of Aix-en-Provence.
He died in Aix-en-Provence on 8 February 1858 at number 9 on the rue Longue-Saint-Jean, which was subsequently renamed after him.
Works and themes
By 1846-1848 he published Les Rues d'Aix. His numerous works are kept in the Bibliothèque Méjanes, in Aix.
References
- ^ Musées Arbaud et les personnages illustres de l'académie d'Aix-en-Provence - Provence Museums France
- Le quartier Mazarin d'Aix-en-Provence.
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