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Maurice de Broglie
Maurice de Broglie, 6th Duke of Broglie was a French physicist. His younger brother was the theoretical physicist Louis de Broglie.
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science · French physicist (1875–1960) · physicist · university teacher · military officer · sailor · also Maurice de Broglie, Maurice de Broglie, 6th Duke of Broglie, Louis-César-Victor-Maurice de Broglie, Broglie
Born 27 April 1875 · Died 14 July 1960 · Q18443
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1960· 1 entry
Died 1960-07-14.
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1954· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1954).
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Career landmark: president of the French Academy of Sciences (1954–1954).
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1947· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1947).
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1942· 1 entry
Succeeded his mentor, assuming Langevin's chair in physics at the Collège de France
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1940· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1940).
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1934· 1 entry
Career landmark: seat 37 of the Académie française (1934–1960).
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1931· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1931–1931).
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1930· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1930).
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1928· 1 entry
Won Hughes Medal (1928).
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1924· 2 entries
Awarded Guthrie Lecture (1924).
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And in 1934 was elected to the Académie française, replacing the historian Pierre de La Gorce
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1922· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Félix-Robin (1922).
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1917· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1917).
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1901· 1 entry
Was married to Camille Bernou de Rochetaillée (1888–1966) in Paris
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1895· 1 entry
Studied at École Navale (1893–1895).
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1875· 1 entry
Born 1875-04-27.
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