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Henri Abraham

French physicist · France · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1868 to 1943 · aged 75

Henri Azariah Abraham was a French physicist who made important contributions to the science of radio waves. He performed some of the first measurements of the propagation velocity of radio waves, helped develop France's first triode vacuum tube, and with Eugene Bloch invented the astable multivibrator.

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Awards

La Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences1930
Montyon Science Award1917
Officer of the Legion of Honour

About this person

He was executed at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.

Country
France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1868 to 1943 · aged 75