| Authorised form of name | Fizeau; Armand Hippolyte Louis (1819 - 1896) |
| Other forms of name | Hippolyte Louis |
| Dates | 1819 - 1896 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Paris, France |
| Date of birth | 23 September 1819 |
| Place of death | Venteuil, near Jouarre, France |
| Date of death | 18 September 1896 |
| Research field | Experimental physics |
| Optics |
| Activity | Career:
Improved photographic processes; studied optics; member of the Bureau of Longitude (1878)
Memberships:
Academy of Sciences of Paris
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 08/04/1875 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1866 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Altname from DSB
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 23 September 1819 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/54384820 |
| Code | NA6018 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | 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 |
| MC/10/241 | Letter from A [Armand] Fizeau, Paris, to the Royal Society | 20 April 1875 |
| MC/7/371 | Letter from [Armand Hippolyte Louis] Fizeau, member of the Academy of Sciences, Paris, to [Sir Edward Sabine], President of the Royal Society | 8 November 1866 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/11/254 | Letter from A [Armand] Fizeau, Paris, to Warren de la Rue, President of the Committee | 1 October 1878 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |