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Authorised form of nameFoucault; Jean Bernard Leon (1819 - 1868)
Dates1819 - 1868
NationalityFrench
Place of birthParis, France
Date of birth18 September 1819
Place of deathParis, France
Date of death11 February 1868
Research fieldExperimental physics
ActivityCareer:
Began studying medicine, but gave it up in favour of physics; studied the diurnal motion of the earth; Physical Assistant, Imperial Observatory; paralysed (1867)
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election09/06/1864
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1855
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1868-1869 vol 17 pp lxxxiii-lxxxiv
References:
A A Mills and R Hall, 'The Production of a Plane Surface. As Illustrated by Specula From Some Early Newtonian Telescopes' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 147-166
Otto Mayr, 'Victorian Physicists and Speed Regulation: An Encounter Between Science and Technology' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 205-228
T Quinn, 'Foucault, a man of many parts. William Tobin, The Life and Science of Leon Foucault: the man who proved the Earth rotates' in NR 2004 vol 58 p 239-242
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 19 September 1819
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/69024801
CodeNA7544
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1864/18Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/7/84Letter from J [Jean] Foucault, Paris, to General [Edward] Sabine, President of the Royal Society1 June 1864
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