Léon Foucault
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 156 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 18,1819 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Paris |
| France | |
| Date of died | February 11,1868 |
| Died | Paris |
| France | |
| Nationality | French |
| Buried | Montmartre Cemetery, Paris, France |
| Job | Physicist |
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| Awards | Copley Medal |
| Parents | Jean Léon Fortuné Foucault |
| Place of burial | Montmartre Cemetery, Paris, France |
| Education | University of Paris |
| College Stanislas de Paris | |
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| ID | 1588017 |
Léon Foucault Life story
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault was a French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and is credited with naming the gyroscope.
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