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Charles Fabry

French physicist · France · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1867 to 1945 · aged 78

Marie Paul Auguste Charles Fabry was a French physicist working on optics. Together with Alfred Pérot he invented the Fabry-Pérot interferometer. He is also one of the co-discoverers of the ozone layer.

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1945Died11 December 19451937Commander of the Legion of HonourAward1931Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1929Prix Jules JanssenAward1926Guthrie LectureAward1921Franklin MedalAward1919Henry Draper MedalAward1918Rumford MedalAward1916Janssen MedalAward1867Born11 June 1867

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Commander of the Legion of Honour1937
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1931
Prix Jules Janssen1929
Guthrie Lecture1926
Franklin Medal1921
Henry Draper Medal1919
Rumford Medal1918
Janssen Medal1916

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France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1867 to 1945 · aged 78