Curie, Jacques |
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BORN 29 Oct 1855, Paris: Ancien 12e - DIED 19 Feb 1941, Montpellier, Hérault BIRTH NAME Curie, Paul Jacques GRAVE LOCATION Montpellier, Hérault: Cimetière St.-Lazare, 2 Rond-point su Souvenir (Section GS; 2nd Division; Row 2; No. 11) |
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Jacques Curie was the son of the physician Eugène Curie (1827-1910). The famous physicist Pierre Curie was his younger brother. Together they demonstrated the piezoelectric effect in 1880. In 1883 Jacques was appointed professor of Mineralogy at the University of Montpellier. He taught and researched in Algeria from 1887 to 1889 but the rest of his life he lived in Montpellier. He married Marie Virginie Masson and they had a daughter, Madeleine, and a son, Maurice. In 1903 he was appointed professor of physics in Montpellier and he held this chair until he retired in 1925. Related persons • is brother/sister of Curie, Pierre |
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 The grave of Jacques Curie at the Cimetière St.-Lazare in Montpellier, Hérault. Picture by Androom (10 Nov 2024) |
Sources • Jacques Curie - Wikipédia (FR) • MONTPELLIER (34) : cimetière Saint-Lazare - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs |
