Died 1934-01-13.
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Paul Ulrich Villard
Paul Ulrich Villard was a French chemist and physicist. He discovered gamma rays in 1900 while studying the radiation emanating from radium.
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science · French chemist and physicist (1860–1934) · physicist · chemist · also Paul Ulrich Villard, Paul Villard, Villard
Born 28 September 1860 · Died 13 January 1934 · Q531898
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Villard pioneered the use of an ionization chamber for the dosimetry of ionizing radiation
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1903· 1 entry
It was Rutherford who proposed to call Villard's rays gamma rays because they were far more penetrating than the alpha rays and beta rays which he himself had already differentiated and named (in 1899) on the basis of th
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1900· 1 entry
While studying the radiation emanating from radium
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1884· 1 entry
Studied at École Normale Supérieure (1881–1884).
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1881· 1 entry
And taught in several Lycées, ending with a Lycée in Montpellier
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1860· 1 entry
Born 1860-09-28.
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