the Anglicized spelling.

Despite his father's death in 1817 when he was 14, his mother was able to borrow money to pay for his tutors. In 1821 he enrolled at the École Polytechnique (Polytechnic School) in Paris, and transferred two years later to the School of Bridges and Roads, which led to employment in the Corps of Bridges and Roads.

Darcy met an English woman, Henriette Carey, whose family had been living in Dijon, and married her in 1828.

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