Gabriel Lippmann

Gabriel Lippmann
Gabriel Lippmann
	Lippmann in 1908
Born	16 August 1845; Hollerich, Luxembourg
Died	12 July 1921 (aged 75); Atlantic Ocean
Education	École normale supérieure; University of Heidelberg (grad. 1874); University of Paris; (grad. 1875);
Known for	Lippmann plate; Lippmann electrometer; Integral photography; Piezoelectricity;
Awards	Progress Medal (1897); Nobel Prize in Physics (1908);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Workplaces	University of Paris
Thesis	Relations entre les phénomènes électriques et capillaires (1875)
Doctoral advisors	Jules Jamin; Gustav Kirchhoff;
Doctoral students	Pierre Curie; Marie Curie; Jean Lecomte; Constantin Miculescu;
Other notable students	Paul Langevin
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Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (/ˈlɪpmən/ LIP-muhn; French: [ɡabʁijɛl lipman]; 16 August 1845 – 12 July 1921) was a French applied physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his invention of the Lippmann plate, a method of photographically reproducing colours based on the interference phenomenon.