Émile Verdet

Physicist, Deceased Person

1824 – 1866

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Who was Émile Verdet?

Émile Verdet was a French physicist. He worked in magnetism and optics, editing the works of Augustin-Jean Fresnel. Verdet did much to champion the early theory of the conservation of energy in France through his editorial supervision of the Annales de chimie et de physique.

The Verdet constant is named for him.

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Born
Mar 13, 1824
Nîmes
Also known as
  • Emile Verdet
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Education
  • École Normale Supérieure
Died
Jun 3, 1866
Avignon

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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