1763 - 1837
Étienne-Gaspard Robert Belgian Physicist
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1762
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| Birthplace |
Liège, Belgium
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| Died |
1837
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| Place of Death |
Paris, France
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| Buried |
Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
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| Nationality |
Belgian
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| Occupation Text |
Stage magician, physicist and balloonist
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| Occupation |
Physicist
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Étienne-Gaspard Robert (15 June 1763 – 2 July 1837), often known by the stage name of "Robertson", was a prominent Belgian physicist, stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria. He was described by Charles Dickens as "an honourable and well-educated showman". Alongside his pioneering work on projection techniques for his shows Robert was also a physics lecturer and a keen balloonist at a time of great development in aviation.
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