1788 - 1827
Augustin-Jean Fresnel French Physicist
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| First Name |
Augustin-Jean
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| Last Name |
Fresnel
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| Birthday |
10th May, 1788
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| Birthplace |
Broglie (Eure)
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| Died |
14th July, 1827
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| Place of Death |
Ville-d'Avray, Kingdom of France
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Nationality |
French
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| Occupation |
Physicist
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Augustin-Jean Fresnel ( FRAYN-, FREN-el, -əl or
fray-NEL; 10 May 1788 – 14 July 1827) was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light, excluding any remnant of Newton's corpuscular theory, from the late 1830s until the end of the 19th century. He is perhaps better known for inventing the catadioptric (reflective/refractive) Fresnel lens and for pioneering the use of "stepped" lenses to extend the visibility of lighthouses, saving countless lives at sea. The simpler dioptric (purely refractive) stepped lens, first proposed by Count Buffon and independently reinvented by Fresnel, is used in screen magnifiers and in condenser lenses for overhead projectors.
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