| Authorised form of name | Neel; Louis Eugene Felix (1904 - 2000) |
| Dates | 1904 - 2000 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Lyon, Rhone, France |
| Date of birth | 22/11/1904 |
| Date of death | 14/11/2000 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Magnetism |
| Activity | Education:
Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris (?1924-1928)
Career:
Assistant to Pierre Weiss, Strasbourg (1928); invented a method of protecting ships from magnetic mines (c 1939); joined University of Grenoble (1940); represented France on the NATO Scientific Committee (1956-1957 and 1960-1980); founded Laboratoire d'Electrostatique et de Physique du Metal, Grenoble (1945, later split into 5 laboratories, 1971), the Magnetism Laboratory being named after him after his retirement (1976); Scientific Advisor to the French navy (from 1952)
Memberships:
Academy of Sciences, Paris (1952)
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physics) 1970 |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 21/04/1966 |
| Age at election | 61 |
| Relationships | Son of a government official |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries: Nature vol 409 p 302 (18 January 2001), Science vol 291 p1000 (9 February 2001)
Notes:
Obituary in Science's compass gives death date as 17 November 2000
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 367-384, plate, by Jacques Friedel and Pierre Averbuch |
| Code | NA5825 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1966/35 | Neel, Louis Eugene Felix: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |