Person Neel; Louis Eugene Felix (1904 - 2000) Neel Louis Eugene Felix 1904 - 2000 French Male Lyon, Rhone, France 22/11/1904 19041122 14/11/2000 20001114

Physics Magnetism Education: Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris (?1924-1928) Career: Assistant to Pierre Weiss, Strasbourg (1928); invented a method of protecting ships from magnetic mines (c 1939); joined University of Grenoble (1940); represented France on the NATO Scientific Committee (1956-1957 and 1960-1980); founded Laboratoire d'Electrostatique et de Physique du Metal, Grenoble (1945, later split into 5 laboratories, 1971), the Magnetism Laboratory being named after him after his retirement (1976); Scientific Advisor to the French navy (from 1952) Memberships: Academy of Sciences, Paris (1952) Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physics) 1970 Son of a government official Foreign Member 21/04/1966 61 Sources: Obituaries: Nature vol 409 p 302 (18 January 2001), Science vol 291 p1000 (9 February 2001) Notes: Obituary in Science's compass gives death date as 17 November 2000 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 367-384, plate, by Jacques Friedel and Pierre Averbuch International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 22 Nov 1904 - 14 Nov 2000 NA5825 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes c1403876-1dda-4009-80e3-1b7812f6e73b