| 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 |