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Étienne Vincent Arago (1802–1892)
Arago, Étienne Vincent (är-ä-gō’). A French poet, journalist, and playwright; born at Perpignan, Feb. 9, 1802; died in Paris, March 6, 1892. Brother of Dominique and Jacques Arago. He wrote, mostly in collaboration with others, a number of comedies, vaudevilles, and melodramas; and under the pseudonym of Jules Ferney, made himself known through his feuilletons in the Siècle. By far his best production, however, is ‘Spa, its Origin, History, Waters, etc.’ (1851), an epic in seven cantos. Besides this, ‘A Voice from Exile’ (1860) and ‘The Blue and the White’ (1862), a historical romance of the wars in the Vendée, deserve mention.