Charles Fabry
French physicist (1867–1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marie Paul Auguste Charles Fabry ForMemRS[1][2] (French: [fabʁi]; 11 June 1867 – 11 December 1945) was a French physicist working on optics.[3][4] Together with Alfred Pérot he invented the Fabry–Pérot interferometer. He is also one of the co-discoverers of the ozone layer.
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Marie Paul Auguste Charles Fabry | |
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Born | (1867-06-11)11 June 1867 Marseille, France |
Died | 11 December 1945(1945-12-11) (aged 78) Paris, France |
Education | École Polytechnique University of Paris |
Known for | Fabry–Pérot interferometer Ozone layer |
Awards | Janssen Medal (1916) Rumford Medal (1918) Henry Draper Medal (1919) Franklin Medal (1921) Prix Jules Janssen (1929) FRS (1931) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Sorbonne University of Marseille École supérieure d'optique |
Thesis | Théorie de la visibilité et de l'orientation des franges d'interférences (1892) |
Notable students | Jean Dufay Yves Rocard Bernard Lyot Yan Jici Sisir Kumar Mitra Anil Kumar Das Jean Cabannes Daniel Chalonge Mahmoud Hessabi |
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