Gabriel Lippmann (1845-1921)

Awarded the Prize “for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference.”

French physicist. Lippmann was born at Hollerich in Luxembourg on August 16, 1845. Lippmann joined the Faculty of Science in Paris in 1878 in 1883 he was appointed Professor of Mathematical Physics. Three years later he became Professor of Experimental Physics, he was appointed Director of the Research Laboratory. He became a member of the Academy of Sciences in 1883 served as its President in 1912. He was a member of the Board of the Bureau des Longitudes a Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London. Lippmann died at sea on July 13, 1921 during his return from a journey to North America.