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Copley Medal
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Henri Victor Regnault
1810-07-21 – 1878-01-19
Life & Legacy
Henri Victor Regnault (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi viktɔʁ ʁəɲo]; 21 July 1810 – 19 January 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases. He was an early thermodynamicist and was mentor to William Thomson in the late 1840s. He never used his first given name, and was known throughout his lifetime as Victor Regnault.
Occupation & Career
physicist, chemist, engineer, photographer, professor, university teacher, physician
Education
École polytechnique; Mines ParisTech
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Copley Medal; Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Rumford Medal; Matteucci Medal; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; 72 names on the Eiffel Tower; Commander of the Legion of Honour
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
72 names on the Eiffel Tower · Commander of the Legion of Honour · Copley Medal · Foreign Member of the Royal Society · Matteucci Medal · Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order · Rumford Medal
Employer
Collège de France
Organizations & Memberships
Academy of Sciences of Turin · Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities · French Academy of Sciences · Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony · Hungarian Academy of Sciences · National Academy of Sciences · Pontificia Accademia dei Nuovi Lincei · Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences · Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences · Société Philomathique de Paris
Education & Institutions
École polytechnique · Mines ParisTech
Verified Legacy Record
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Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
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Rumford Medal
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Matteucci Medal
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Foreign Member of the Royal Society
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72 names on the Eiffel Tower
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Commander of the Legion of Honour
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Family Child
Henri Regnault
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Sources & Provenance
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