Gabriel Lippmann

Gabriel Lippmann
Gabriel Lippmann
	Lippmann in 1908
Born	16 August 1845; Hollerich, Luxembourg
Died	12 July 1921 (aged 75); Atlantic Ocean
Education	Lycée Napoléon
Alma mater	École normale supérieure; University of Heidelberg; University of Paris (PhD);
Known for	Lippmann plate; Lippmann electrometer; Integral photography; Piezoelectricity;
Awards	Progress Medal (1897); Nobel Prize in Physics (1908);
	Scientific career
Fields	Wave optics
Institutions	University of Paris ; (1878–1921)
Thesis	Relations entre les phénomènes électriques et capillaires (1875)
Doctoral advisors	Jules Jamin; Gustav Kirchhoff;
Doctoral students	Constantin Miculescu (1891); Pierre Curie (1895); Marie Curie (1903); Jean Lecomte (1924);
Other notable students	Paul Langevin
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Gabriel Lippmann (/ˈlɪpmən/ LIP-muhn; 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.