Hippolyte Fizeau

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19th-century scientist French physicist human physicist

Hippolyte Fizeau was a 19th-century French physicist best known for making one of the first accurate measurements of the speed of light and for his pioneering work on optical interference and the behavior of light in moving media.

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Hippolyte Fizeau canonical 9
Fizeau 3
Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century scientist ⓘ
French physicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
almaMater École Polytechnique ⓘ
awardReceived Rumford Medal ⓘ
birthCountry France ⓘ
birthDate 1819-09-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Paris ⓘ
burialPlace Montparnasse Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Cimetière du Montparnasse
coDiscovered method for measuring speed of light with Léon Foucault ⓘ
coWorkedWith Léon Foucault ⓘ
deathCountry France ⓘ
deathDate 1896-09-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Nanteuil-le-Haudouin ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Hippolyte Fizeau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fizeau
fieldOfWork optics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
fullName Hippolyte Fizeau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau
gender male ⓘ
givenName Armand ⓘ
Hippolyte ⓘ
hasAstronomicalObjectNamedAfter 11757 Fizeau ⓘ
Fizeau crater ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Hippolyte Fizeau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hippolyte Fizeau@en

Hippolyte Fizeau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hippolyte Fizeau@fr
influenced Albert Einstein ⓘ
development of special relativity ⓘ
knownFor Fizeau experiment ⓘ
surface form: Fizeau effect

Fizeau experiment ⓘ
Fourier transform spectrometer ⓘ
surface form: Fizeau interferometer

Fizeau experiment ⓘ
surface form: Fizeau–Foucault experiment

early measurement of the speed of light in water ⓘ
measurement of the speed of light ⓘ
optical interference experiments ⓘ
study of light in moving media ⓘ
memberOf Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form: French Academy of Sciences
nationality French ⓘ
notableAchievement performed first reasonably accurate terrestrial measurement of the speed of light in 1849 ⓘ
provided experimental evidence relevant to the partial aether-drag hypothesis ⓘ
used toothed-wheel apparatus to measure speed of light ⓘ
studied interference of light ⓘ
speed of light in moving water ⓘ
workLocation Paris ⓘ

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