École Centrale
École Centrale
École Centrale
The écoles centrales (literally central schools) were schools set up in 1795 during the French Revolution to
replace the college of art faculties in France's historic universities. The idea for them[1] came from the
Committee of Public Instruction and their main instigators were Joseph Lakanal and Pierre Daunou, though
Jean Henri Bancal des Issarts came up with the name for them.[2] One work on their history states:
The republican government also engaged itself in an education policy that sought to replace
the colleges of the Ancien Régime with establishments giving a scientific education, in which
experimental physics and chemistry was part of the curriculum and was provided by professors
with official status. It thus created the "Écoles Centrales" - these may have been short-lived,
but they at least marked a break with the educational system that had previously predominated.
[3].
They were suppressed in 1802.
Contents
History
Decrees
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3 brumaire year IV
Establishment
Endgame
References
Bibliography (in French)
History
Decrees
3 brumaire year IV
Establishment
Endgame
References
1. (in French) Edmond Leclair, L'École centrale de Lille, 1795-1803, R. Giard, 1904 (notice
BnF no FRBNF30765130)
2. (in French)Le Lycée Henri-IV (Paris), G. Klopp, Thionville, 1996, p. 93.
3. (in French)Gilbert Dalmasso, Présence de la « chymie » dans la France du Nord, de la
deuxième moitié du xviiie siècle au premier tiers du XIXe. Sa diffusion et son enseignement
public et privé, son application aux Arts : Thèse de Doctorat, Lille, Université Lille III
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