Georges Claude
French engineer, inventor & Nazi collaborator (1870ā1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Georges Claude (24 September 1870 ā 23 May 1960) was a French engineer and inventor. He is noted for his early work on the industrial liquefaction of air, for the invention and commercialization of neon lighting, and for a large experiment on generating energy by pumping cold seawater up from the depths.[2] He has been considered by some to be "the Edison of France".[3][4] Claude was an active collaborator with the German occupiers of France during the Second World War, for which he was imprisoned in 1945 and stripped of his honors.[2][3][5]
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Born | ( 1870 -09-24)24 September 1870 Paris, France |
Died | 23 May 1960(1960-05-23) (aged 89)[1] Saint-Cloud, France |
Known for | Claude cycle Neon lighting Ocean energy conversion |
Awards | Leconte Prize (1921) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Engineering |
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