Died 1902-04-12.
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Marie Alfred Cornu
Marie Alfred Cornu was a French physicist and professor of École polytechnique. The Cornu spiral, a graphical device for the computation of light intensities in Augustin-Jean Fresnel's model of near-field diffraction, is named after him. The spiral is also used in geometric design of roads. The Cornu depolarizer is also named after him.
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science · French physicist (1841–1902) · physicist · pedagogue · also Marie Alfred Cornu, Alfred Cornu, Cornu
Born 6 March 1841 · Died 12 April 1902 · Q560862
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1900· 1 entry
Organized the first International Congress of Physics in Paris, during the Exposition Universelle
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1899· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge (1899).
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At the jubilee commemoration of Sir George Stokes, he was Rede lecturer at Cambridge, his subject being the wave theory of light and its influence on modern physics; and on that occasion the honorary degree of D
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1896· 2 entries
Became president of the French Academy of Sciences
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Career landmark: president of the French Academy of Sciences (1896–1896).
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1892· 2 entries
Was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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Career landmark: president (1892–1892).
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1884· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1884).
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1878· 3 entries
Awarded La Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences (1878).
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Won Rumford Medal (1878).
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The prix Lacaze and membership of the French Academy of Sciences (l'Académie des sciences), and the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in England
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1866· 1 entry
Cornu became, in 1867, Verdet's successor as professor of experimental physics at the École polytechnique, where he remained throughout his life
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1841· 1 entry
Born 1841-03-06.
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