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Hippolyte Fizeau
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French physicist (1819–1896)
OverviewAI-generated
Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau was a French scientist born on 23 September 1819 and died on 18 September 1896. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection. His written works include "Mémoire sur la dilatation des corps solides par la chaleur" and "Sur la dilatation des corps solides par la chaleur."
Records indicate that Fizeau is associated with five works according to Crossref, while Open Library lists two works. His contributions have been referenced by 243 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Nanteuil-le-Haudouin
- Occupation
- photographer
- Educated at
- Collège de France
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- François Arago
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau by Eugène Pirou - Original.jpg
- Residence
- Paris
Show 11 more facts
- writing language
- French
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- Hippolyte Fizeau
- date of birth
- 1819-09-23
- date of death
- 1896-09-18
- birth name
- Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau
- name in native language
- Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
- relative
- Adrien-Henri de Jussieu
- P8168
- Getinia
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Encyclopedic overview
Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau ( French: [ipɔlit fizo]; 23 September 1819 – 18 September 1896) was a French physicist who, in 1849, measured the speed of light to within 5% accuracy. In 1851, he measured the speed of light in moving water in an experiment known as the Fizeau experiment.
Biography
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