Award
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
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SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™
Édouard Branly
1844-10-23 – 1940-03-24
Life & Legacy
Édouard Eugène Désiré Branly (, BRAN-lee; French: [edwaʁ bʁɑ̃li]; 23 October 1844 – 24 March 1940) was a French physicist and inventor known for his early involvement in wireless telegraphy and his invention of the coherer in 1890.
Occupation & Career
physicist, physician, university teacher
Education
Lycée Henri-IV; École Normale Supérieure
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour; Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great; telemechanics; coherer
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour · Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
Employer
Catholic University of Paris
Organizations & Memberships
French Academy of Sciences · Pontifical Academy of Sciences · Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium · Société Philomathique de Paris
Notable Work
coherer · telemechanics
Education & Institutions
École Normale Supérieure · Lycée Henri-IV
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
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Family Child
Élisabeth Branly-Tournon
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Family Child
Jeanne Terrat-Branly
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Notable Work
telemechanics
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q274251 · wikidata
Notable Work
coherer
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Sources & Provenance
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