Editing Pierre Louis Dulong (section)

== Early life and education ==
Dulong was born in [[Rouen]], [[France]].

An only child, he was orphaned at the age of 4, he was brought up by his aunt in [[Auxerre]].  He gained his secondary education in Auxerre and the [[Lycée Pierre Corneille (Rouen)|Lycée Pierre Corneille]] in Rouen<ref name="LyCo6">[http://lgcorneille-lyc.spip.ac-rouen.fr/spip.php?article6 Lycée Pierre Corneille de Rouen - History]</ref> before entering the [[École Polytechnique|École polytechnique]], [[Paris]] in 1801, only for his studies to be impeded by poor health.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Fox|first=Robert|date=1968|title=The Background to the Discovery of Dulong and Petit's Law|jstor=4024983|journal=The British Journal for the History of Science|volume=4|issue=1|pages=1–22|doi=10.1017/s0007087400003150|s2cid=145055644}}</ref> He began studying medicine, but gave this up, possibly because of a lack of financial means,<ref name=":2" /> to concentrate on science, working under the direction of [[Louis Jacques Thénard]].