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Léon Foucault

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Gender Male
Death155 years ago
Date of birth September 18,1819
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Paris
France
Date of died February 11,1868
DiedParis
France
NationalityFrench
BuriedMontmartre Cemetery, Paris, France
Job Physicist
Astronomer
Awards Copley Medal
Parents Jean Léon Fortuné Foucault
Place of burialMontmartre Cemetery, Paris, France
Education University of Paris
College Stanislas de Paris
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Jean Bernard Léon Foucault was a French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and is credited with naming the gyroscope.

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