Gabriel Lippmann

Gabriel Lippmann, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1845-08-16 in Hollerich, Luxembourg

Gender: male

Field: French applied physicist (1845–1921)

Biography

Gabriel Lippmann was a French applied physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his invention of the first colour photographic plate.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1908

Awarded on: 1908-11-10

"for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference"

Affiliations:

  • Sorbonne UniversityParis, France