Authorised form of name | Cornu; Alfred Marie (1841 - 1902) |
Dates | 1841 - 1902 |
Nationality | French |
Place of birth | Orleans, France |
Date of birth | 06 March 1841 |
Place of death | La Chansonnerie, near Romartin, France |
Date of death | 12/04/1902 |
Research field | Optics |
Activity | Education: Ecole Polytechnique, Paris; Ecole des Mines, Paris Career: Professor of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1871)
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Membership category | Foreign Member |
Date of election | 18/12/1884 |
RSActivity | Medals and prizes: Rumford Medal 1878 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 184-188 signed by S P T |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/32127551 |
Code | NA1566 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1884/22 | Cornu, Alfred Marie: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MS/928/2/40 | Letter from Marie Alfred Cornu, Paris, to [Charles Vernon Boys] | 27 May 1895 |
MS/928/2/39 | Letter from Marie Alfred Cornu, Paris, to [Charles Vernon Boys] | 21 May 1895 |
MS/928/2/41 | Circular letter from Marie Alfred Cornu, Paris, to [Charles Vernon Boys] | 1891 |
MC/11/277 | Letter from A [Alfred] Cornu, École Polytechnique, Paris, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society | 20 November 1878 |
MC/11/297 | Letter from A [Alfred] Cornu, Professor at the École Polytechnique, Paris, to the Royal Society | 16 January 1879 |
MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
MC/13/115 | Letter from A [Alfred] Cornu, Paris, to [Thomas Henry Huxley], President of the Royal Society, London | 9 December 1884 |
MC/13 | Volume 13 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1884 |
PP/14/21/1 | Manuscript, 'On the Cavendish experiment' by C V [Charles Vernon] Boys | 1889 |
PP/14/21 | Paper, 'On the Cavendish experiment' by C V [Charles Vernon] Boys | 1889 |
PP/14/12 | Paper, 'On the limit of solar and stellar light in the ultra-violet part of the spectrum' by William Huggins | 1889 |