Regnault, Victor |
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BORN 21 Jul 1810, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen - DIED 19 Jan 1878, Paris: 16e GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière du Montparnasse, 3 Boulevard Edgar Quinet (division 04, ligne 1 sud, numéro 10 est) |
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Victor Regnault was the son of André Privat Regnault, a captain in the corps of military geographer engineers who died during the Russian Campaign of the Grande Armée in 1812. Victor graduated from the École des Mines in 1832. In 1835 he discovered the formation of polyvinyl chloride. In 1872 is was rediscovered by Eugen Baumann (1846-1896). Regnault developed the hypsometer in 1845. In 1840 he was elected into the Académie des sciences and in 1841 he obtained the chair of general and experimental physics at the Collège de France. In 1852 he became a member of the Royal Society and in 1869 he received the Copley Medal. He became a Commander of the Légion d'honneur in 1863. He died in 1878 in Paris. His son, the painter Henri Regnault (b.1843), died before him in 1871. Family • Son: Regnault, Henri |
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 The mausoleum of Victor Regnault and Henri Regnault at the Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris. Picture by Androom (02 Nov 2022) |
Sources • Victor Regnault - Wikipédia (FR) |
