Charles-Louis Largeteau (1791–1857) was a French physicist and astronomer. He was born in Mouilleron-en-Pareds in the Vendée into a poor family. His father, a gunner, died in the 1793 Battle of Le Mans. He was taken in by an uncle in Fontenay-le-Comte, and excelled at school there, moving to grammar school in Poitiers. He studied then at the École Polytechnique. In 1813, he joined the Geographical Engineer Corps, where he worked mapping France.
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1791 Mouilleron-en-Pareds
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11 September 1857 (aged 66) Pouzauges
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