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- Born
- 1867
- Died
- 1945
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Théorie de la visabilité et de l'orientation des franges d'interérence
- Les applications des interférences lumineuses
- Introduction à l'étude de l'optique appliquée
- Cours de physique
- L'ultra-violet
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Quotes
- “My whole existence has been devoted to science and to teaching, and these two intense passions have brought me very great joy.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1867-06-11 ) 11 June 1867, Marseille , France
- Died
- 11 December 1945 (1945-12-11) (aged 78), Paris , France
- Education
- École Polytechnique , University of Paris
- Known for
- Fabry–Pérot interferometer , Ozone layer
- Relatives
- Louis Fabry (brother), Eugène Fabry (brother)
- Awards
- Janssen Medal (1916), Rumford Medal (1918), Henry Draper Medal (1919), Franklin Medal (1921), Prix Jules Janssen (1929), FRS (1931)
- Institutions
- Sorbonne , University of Marseille , École supérieure d'optique
- Thesis
- Théorie de la visibilité et de l'orientation des franges d'interférences (1892)
- Notable students
- Jean Dufay , Yves Rocard , Bernard Lyot , Yan Jici , Sisir Kumar Mitra , Anil Kumar Das , Jean Cabannes , Daniel Chalonge , Mahmoud Hessabi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Marseille
- Place of death
- Paris
- Sibling
- Louis Fabry
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Position held
- president
- Employer
- University of Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Charles Fabry.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1867-06-11
- date of death
- 1945-12-11
- birth name
- Marie Paul Auguste Charles Fabry
- Commons category
- Charles Fabry
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- name in native language
- Charles Fabry
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Marie Paul Auguste Charles Fabry ForMemRS ( French: [maʁi pɔl oɡyst ʃaʁl fabʁi]; 11 June 1867 – 11 December 1945) 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.
Biography
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