| Authorised form of name | Fresnel; Augustin Jean (1788 - 1827) |
| Dates | 1788 - 1827 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Broglie, France |
| Date of birth | 10 May 1788 |
| Place of death | Ville-d'Avray, France |
| Date of death | 14 July 1827 |
| Research field | Optics |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 09/06/1825 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1824 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
Frank A J L James, 'The Conservation of Energy, Theories of Absorption and Resonating Molecules, 1851-1854: G G Stokes, A J Angstrom and W Thomson' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 79-107
Sydney Ross, 'The Search for Electromagnetic Induction 1820-1831' in NR 1965 vol 20 pp 184-219
Notes:
Citation: opening 'M' intended as title, not initial |
| Code | NA7031 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1825/13 | Fresnel, Augustin Jean: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PP/9/8 | Paper, 'On the intensity of light reflected from certain surfaces at nearly perpendicular incidence' by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt] | 1886 |
| HS/19/219 | Note on optics, from Augustin Jean Fresnel to Sir John Frederick William Herschel | 1820s |