Auguste Bravais
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1811-08-23 ) 23 August 1811, Annonay , France
- Died
- 30 March 1863 (1863-03-30) (aged 51), Le Chesnay , France
- Alma mater
- École Polytechnique
- Known for
- Bravais lattices
- Fields
- crystallography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Annonay
- Place of death
- Le Chesnay
- Occupation
- botanical collector
- Educated at
- Collège Stanislas de Paris
- Employer
- University of Lyon
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Bravais2.gif
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- 1811-08-23
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- 1863-03-30
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Encyclopedic overview
Auguste Bravais ( French pronunciation: [oɡyst bʁavɛ]; 23 August 1811, Annonay, Ardèche – 30 March 1863, Le Chesnay, France) was a French physicist known for his work in crystallography, the conception of Bravais lattices, and the formulation of Bravais law. Bravais also studied magnetism, the northern lights, meteorology, geobotany, phyllotaxis, astronomy, statistics and hydrography.
He studied at the Collège Stanislas in Paris before joining the École Polytechnique in 1829, where he was a classmate of groundbreaking mathematician Évariste Galois, whom Bravais actually beat in a scholastic mathematics competition. Towards the end of his studies he became a naval officer, and sailed on the Finistere in 1832 as well as the Loiret afterwards. He took part in hydrographic work along the Algerian Coast. He participated in the Recherche expedition and helped the Lilloise in Spitzbergen and Lapland.
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