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Authorised form of nameLippmann; Gabriel Jonas (1845 - 1921)
Dates1845 - 1921
Place of birthHollerich, Luxembourg
Date of birth16 August 1845
Place of deathAt sea
Date of death12 or 13 July 1921
Research fieldPhysics
Instrumental astronomy
ActivityMedals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physics) 1908
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election26/11/1896
SourceSources:
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.
CodeNA5236
Archives associated with this Fellow
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NLB/5/183Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Captain William de Wiveleslie Abney, Fellow of the Royal Society10 April 1891
NLB/5/212Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Monsieur Gabriel Lippmann, Membre de l'Institut, 4 Carrefour de l'Odeon, Paris15 April 1891
NLB/5/250Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Monsieur Gabriel Jonas Lippmann, 4 Carrefour de l'Odeon, Paris20 April 1891
EC/1896/26Lippmann, Gabriel Jonas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/13/304Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], [Secretary, Royal Society]23 July 1896
NLB/12/745Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor Haddon25 April 1896
NLB/12/750Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor James Dewar, Fellow of the Royal Society27 April 1896
NLB/12/829Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to M le Dr Alphonse Berget, 16 Rue de Vaugirard, Paris13 May 1896
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
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