| Authorised form of name | Lippmann; Gabriel Jonas (1845 - 1921) |
| Dates | 1845 - 1921 |
| Place of birth | Hollerich, Luxembourg |
| Date of birth | 16 August 1845 |
| Place of death | At sea |
| Date of death | 12 or 13 July 1921 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Instrumental astronomy |
| Activity | Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physics) 1908 |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 26/11/1896 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1922 vol 101 pp i-iii, plate, signed by A S
Publications:
D J Mitchell 'Reflecting nature:chemistry and comprhensibility in Gabriel Lippmann's 'physical method of photgraphing colour' ' NR 2010, Vol 64, pp319-318
Notes:
Dates of election and death incorrect in Proc RS. DSB gives death date as 12 July 1921, and gives middle name. |
| Royal Society code | NA5236 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| NLB/5/183 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Captain William de Wiveleslie Abney, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 April 1891 |
| NLB/5/212 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Monsieur Gabriel Lippmann, Membre de l'Institut, 4 Carrefour de l'Odeon, Paris | 15 April 1891 |
| NLB/5/250 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Monsieur Gabriel Jonas Lippmann, 4 Carrefour de l'Odeon, Paris | 20 April 1891 |
| EC/1896/26 | Lippmann, Gabriel Jonas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/13/304 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], [Secretary, Royal Society] | 23 July 1896 |
| NLB/12/745 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor Haddon | 25 April 1896 |
| NLB/12/750 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor James Dewar, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 April 1896 |
| NLB/12/829 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to M le Dr Alphonse Berget, 16 Rue de Vaugirard, Paris | 13 May 1896 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |