Henri Buisson

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Henri Auguste Buisson (born July 15, 1873 in Paris , † January 6, 1944 in Marseille ) was a French physicist .

Henri Buisson received his doctorate in Paris in 1901. From 1914 to 1943 he was a professor at the University of Marseille . Since May 9, 1932, he was a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences .

Charles Fabry and Henri Buisson are considered to be the discoverers of the ozone layer , as they were able to detect ozone in higher atmospheric layers for the first time in 1913 using UV spectroscopic measurements .

The Buisson lunar crater was named after him in 1970.

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  1. ^ Directory of members since 1666: Letter B. Académie des sciences, accessed on September 29, 2019 (French).
  2. ^ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature