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René Just Haüy & Valentin Haüy

René Just Haüy (Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 1743 - Paris 1872), French mineralogist (Wikipedia).
Valentin Haüy (Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 1745 - Paris 1872), founder, in 1785, of the first school for the blind (Wikipedia).

Étienne Leroux
A. Durenne (Paris)
1903

Saint-Just-en-Chaussée / René Just Haüy & Valentin Haüy

Description

Bronze sculpture group depicting the brothers Haüy: to the left René Just Haüy studying a cristal, and to the right Valentin Haüy, sitting and taking care of François Lesueur, a blind boy who was Valentin's first student.

Inscription(s)

rené just HAÜY
1743-1822
minéralogie
cristallographie

valentin HAÜY
1745-1822
philanthropie
lecture des aveugles

SCIENCE 1903 HUMANITE

La Ville de St Just en Chaussée
a Ses deux Illustres Enfants
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Monument elevé par Souscription

Signature

etienne leroux 1903
Etab. Métallurgiques a. durenne Paris.

Saint-Just-en-Chaussée - René Just Haüy & Valentin Haüy

Sculptor

Frédéric-Étienne Leroux (1836-1906), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

e-Monumen.net, Monumen.

Locatie (N 49°30'19" - E 2°26'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi112; Photograph: 16 October 2017
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