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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Hippolyte Fizeau canonical	9
Fizeau	3
Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau	2
François Arago	1
French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau	1
Hippolyte Fizeau@en	1
Hippolyte Fizeau@fr	1

Statements (45)

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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Subject: Hippolyte Fizeau
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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