| Authorised form of name | Fizeau; Armand Hippolyte Louis (1819 - 1896) |
| Other forms of name | Fizeau, Hippolyte Louis |
| Surname | Fizeau |
| Forenames | Armand Hippolyte Louis |
| Dates | 1819 - 1896 |
| Nationality | French |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Paris, France (23 September 1819)
Death:
Venteuil, near Jouarre, France (18 September 1896) |
| Activity | Research Field:
Experimental physics, optics
Career:
Improved photographic processes; studied optics; member of the Bureau of Longitude (1878)
Memberships:
Academy of Sciences of Paris |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Foreign Member
Election Date:
8/04/1875
Medals/Prizes:
Rumford Medal 1866 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Altname from DSB
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 23 September 1819 |
| Royal Society code | NA6018 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1875/07 | Fizeau, Armand Hippolyte Louis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/13/513 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 2 October 1896 |
| NLB/13/685 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Edward Frankland, Foreign Secretary, Royal Society | 4 November 1896 |