Record

RefNoIM/008119
LevelItem
TitleFirst Solvay Conference
ArtistCouprie; Benjamin (1875 - 1962); photographer
Date1911
DescriptionGroup photograph of the attendees of the first Solvay Conference on Physics, held at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels, Belgium. This photograph was taken on 2 November 1911, the penultimate day of the conference. Back row (left to right): R. Goldschmidt, M. Planck, H. Rubens, F. Lindemann, F. Hasenöhrl. Second row (left to right): W. Nernst, M. Brillouin, A. Sommerfeld, M. de Broglie, G. Hostelet. Third row (left to right): E. Solvay, M. Knudsen, E. Herzen, J. H. Jeans, E. Rutherford. Fourth row (left to right): H. Lorentz, E. Warburg, W. Wien, A. Einstein, P. Langevin. Front row (left to right): J. Perrin, M. Skłodowska-Curie, H. Poincaré, H. Kamerlingh Onnes.
ObjectNamePhotograph
PhysicalDescriptionBromide print
MaterialsPaper, Card
Dimensions230 x 286 mm
AccessStatusOpen
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