Jean-Antoine Nollet
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Jean-Antoine Nollet was an 18th-century French clergyman and physicist renowned for his pioneering experiments and writings on electricity and for popularizing electrical science in Europe.
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| Jean-Antoine Nollet canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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human ⓘ physicist ⓘ science popularizer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1700-11-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1770-04-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Collège de France
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Collège de Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electricity
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natural philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| influenced |
European understanding of electricity
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development of experimental physics teaching in France ⓘ |
| knownFor |
experiments on the speed of electric propagation
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experiments with Leyden jars ⓘ opposition to Benjamin Franklin's one-fluid theory of electricity ⓘ pioneering experiments on electricity ⓘ popularizing electrical science in Europe ⓘ public demonstrations of electrical phenomena ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie royale des sciences
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
helped establish experimental physics as a formal discipline in France
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organized large-scale public electrical experiments involving long chains of people ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Essai sur l'électricité des corps
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Lettres sur l'électricité NERFINISHED ⓘ Leçons de physique expérimentale NERFINISHED ⓘ Recherches sur les causes particulières des phénomènes électriques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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clergyman ⓘ physicist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pimprez, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| positionHeld |
professor of experimental physics at the Collège de France
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professor of experimental physics at the Collège de Navarre ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| studied |
capillarity
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electrostatic phenomena ⓘ osmosis ⓘ |
| taught |
experimental physics
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natural philosophy ⓘ |
| usedInstrument |
Leyden jar
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electrostatic generator ⓘ |
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