Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons.
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Victor de Broglie
Victor de Broglie, 3rd Duke of Broglie, briefly Victor de Broglie, was a French peer, statesman, and diplomat. He was the third duke of Broglie and served as president of the Council during the July Monarchy, from August 1830 to November 1830 and from March 1835 to February 1836. Victor de Broglie was close to the liberal Doctrinaires who opposed the ultra-royalists and were absorbed, under Louis…
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politics · French politician (1785–1870) · politician · diplomat · writer · minister · also Victor de Broglie, Victor de Broglie (1785–1870), Achille-Léonce-Victor-Charles, 3rd duc de Broglie, Achille Léonce Victor Charles, Charles Victor, Duc de Broglie, Broglie
Born 28 November 1785 · Died 25 January 1870 · Q338386
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1870· 1 entry
Died 1870-01-25.
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1856· 1 entry
By a seat in the Académie française, replacing Louis de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire, and he was also a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques
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1855· 1 entry
Career landmark: seat 24 of the Académie française (1855–1870).
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1845· 1 entry
And in 1847 to go as French ambassador to London
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1836· 1 entry
The government having been defeated on a proposal to reduce the five percents tax, he once more resigned
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1835· 1 entry
Career landmark: head of government of France (1835–1836).
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1821· 1 entry
His wife Albertine, the daughter of Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein (Albertine's biological father may have been Benjamin Constant) and Madame de Staël, gave birth to Albert, who would become the fourth duke of Broglie
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1809· 1 entry
De Broglie was appointed a member of the Council of State, over which the emperor Napoleon presided in person
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1804· 1 entry
Victor de Broglie became the third duc de Broglie
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1785· 1 entry
Born 1785-11-28.
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