Eluthère Mascart
Éleuthère Élie Nicolas Mascart (born February 20, 1837 in Quarouble , Nord-Pas-de-Calais region , † August 24, 1908 in Paris ) was a French physicist who researched in the field of optics and electricity. He was a professor of experimental physics at the Collège de France . As the world's leading meteorologist, he organized the French weather service météorologie nationale française , a predecessor of the Météo-France .
On December 15, 1884 he was accepted into the Académie des Sciences . Since December 1891 he was a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg . In 1895 he became a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and an honorary member ( Honorary Fellow ) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
Eleuthère Mascart was the maternal grandfather of the physicist Léon Brillouin . According to him, this is Cape Mascart on Adelaide Island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula named.
Individual evidence
- ^ Directory of members since 1666: Letter M. Académie des sciences, accessed on January 20, 2020 (French).
- ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Eleuthère Elie Nicolas Mascart. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed October 4, 2015 (Russian).
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Eleuthère Elie Nicolas Mascart. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on May 5, 2015 .
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed March 19, 2020 .
Web links
- Detailed biography with picture (French)
- Mascart in Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Zeno.org
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mascart, Éleuthère |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mascart, Éleuthère Elie Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Quarouble , Nord-Pas-de-Calais region |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1908 |
| Place of death | Paris |