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Léon Guillet

French metallurgist (1873-1946) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 72

Léon Alexandre Guillet was a French metallurgist who studied the properties of metal alloys and developed martensitic and austenitic stainless steels.

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Awards

Order of the Francisque1942
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

About this person

He served as a professor of metallurgy at the École Centrale Paris where he was a director from 1923 and played a key role in putting materials research on a scientific footing.

Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1873 to 1946 · aged 72