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Gabriel Lippmann — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 16 August 1845 · Died: 13 July 1921 · Age at death: 75

How old was Gabriel Lippmann when he died?

Gabriel Lippmann died aged 75. He was born on 16 August 1845 and died on 13 July 1921.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist who invented a method for colour photography

Did you know?He also invented the coelostat, a device that allows a telescope to record the stars without moving the instrument itself.

Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann ( LIP-muhn; French:; 16 August 1845 – 12 July 1921) was a French physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his invention of the Lippmann plate, a method of photographically reproducing colours based on the interference phenomenon.

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Age at death: 75
Years since death: 105

Born: August 16, 1845 · Bonnevoie, Luxembourg
Died: July 13, 1921
Nationality: Luxembourgish
Known for: Science, Technology, Art

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Spouse: Laurence Lippmann

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