Gabriel Lippmann

Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 13 July 1921) was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference, later known as the Lippmann plate.

Biography

Lippmann was born to Franco-Jewish parents in Bonnevoie (former commune of Hollerich), Luxemburg. When Gabriel was three, his family moved back to France, to live in Paris, where he was homeschooled.

He is remembered for the innovations that resulted from his search for a direct color-sensitive medium in photography. He was one of the founders of the Institut d'optique théorique et appliquée in France. He also invented an electrometer that was used in the first ECG machine.

Lippmann was a member of the Academy of Sciences from 8 February 1886 until his death, including serving as its President in 1912. In addition, he was a Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London, a member of the Bureau des Longitudes, and a member of the Grand Ducal Institute.

Lippmann married the daughter of novelist Victor Cherbuliez in 1888. He died on 13 July 1921 aboard the steamer France while en route from Canada.

Literature

J.P. Pier & J.A. Massard (eds) (1997):[http://www.igdss.lu/medias/pdf/actualites/2008/Gabriel_Lippmann_Commemoration_V7.pdf Gabriel Lippmann: Commémoration par la section des sciences naturelles, physiques et mathématiques de l’Institut grand-ducal de Luxembourg du 150e anniversaire du savant né au Luxembourg, lauréat du prix Nobel en 1908.] Luxembourg, Section des sciences naturelles, physiques et mathématiques de l’Institut grand-ducal de Luxembourg en collaboration avec le Séminaire de mathématique et le Séminaire d’histoire des sciences et de la médecine du centre universitaire de Luxembourg, 139 p.

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Translation(s) in other languages: Arabic: غبريال ليبمان, Bengali: গাব্রিয়েল লিপমান, Bulgarian: Габриел Липман, Persian: گابریل لیپمن, Korean: 가브리엘 리프만, Hindi: गाब्रियल लिपमन, Hebrew: גבריאל ליפמן, Haitian: Gabriel Jonas Lippmann, Marathi: गॅब्रियेल लिपमन, Dutch: Gabriel Jonas Lippmann, Japanese: ガブリエル・リップマン, Russian: Липпман, Габриэль, Chinese: 加布里埃尔·李普曼.