Alfred Perot

Jean Baptiste Gaspard Gustave Alfred Perot is a scientist French, born with Metz on November 3rd 1863 and died on November 28th 1925, Paris.

After secondary studies in Nancy, it enters, like his father, with the Polytechnic school in 1882, and outgoing fate in 1884. It goes back then to Nancy to complete research tasks under the direction of the professor Rene Blondlot.

In 1888, it receives the science doctorate in front of the Faculty of Science of Paris for its work on the precise determination of constant thermodynamic for the calculation of the mechanical equivalent of heat. It is then named university lecturer with the Faculty of Science of Marseilles.

In 1894, it is named professor of industrial electricity to the same faculty.

In 1902, it is named director of the National laboratory of tests (today " National laboratory of metrology and essais" of the Conservatory national of arts and trades to replace Masson.

In 1908, it is named physicist at the physical Observatory of astronomy of Meudon and director of studies at the practical School of the high studies.

It succeeds the following year Henri Becquerel with the pulpit of physics of the Polytechnic school.

In 1918, he is prize winner of the Médaille Rumford for his work in the field of optics.

He is especially known for his participation in the invention of the interferometer to multiple waves called of Fabry-Perot.

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External bond

Joseph F. Mulligan, " Who were Fabry and Pérot?" , amndt J. Phys. 66 , 797 (1998).
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