Gabriel Lippmann

Gabriel Lippmann
Gabriel Lippmann
	Lippmann in 1908
Born	Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann; 16 August 1845; Bonnevoie/Bouneweg, Luxembourg (since 1921 part of Luxembourg City)
Died	13 July 1921 (aged 75); SS France, Atlantic Ocean
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure
Known for	Lippmann photography; Lippmann electrometer; Electrowetting; Integral photography; Converse piezoelectric effect;
Awards	Nobel Prize for Physics (1908)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Sorbonne
Doctoral advisor	Gustav Kirchhoff
Other academic advisors	Hermann von Helmholtz
Doctoral students	Marie Curie

Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 13 July 1921) was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference. His parents were French Jews.

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