Fulgence Fresnel

Fulgence Fresnel ( FRAYN-, FREN-el, -⁠əl or fray-NEL; French: [fylʒɑ̃s fʁɛnɛl]; (15 April 1795 – 30 November 1855) was a French Orientalist. He was brother of physicist Augustin Fresnel (1788–1827). Fresnel was an Orientalist scholar who led one of the first archaeological teams to excavate in Mesopotamia.