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 |