Born January 23 1872, Paris. Died December 19 1946.
Education and professional career
- 1888-1891 : Paris School of Physics and Chemistry
- 1892 : Bachelor's degree in physics
- 1894-1897 : École normale supérieure
- 1897 : Agrégé des Sciences physiques
- 1898 : Cavendish Laboraty, Cambridge
- 1901-1903 : Preparator at the Sorbonne Physics Teaching Laboratory
- 1902 : Doctor of Physics
- 1903-1905 : Pierre Curie's deputy at the École de Physique et de Chimie
- from 1905 : Professor at the School of Physics and Chemistry
- from 1906 : Member of the Council of the French Physical Society
- from 1907 : Member of the Council of the International Society of Electricians
- from 1908 : Director of Studies at the École de Physique et de Chimie
- 1905-1933 : Lecturer at the École normale supérieure de Sèvres
- 1909-1946 : Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of General and Experimental Physics
- 1946 : Honorary Professor at the Collège de France
Learned societies and academies
- Member of the Academies of Rome, Prague, Goettingen, Royal Society of London, USSR Academy of Sciences
- 1934 : Member of the Académie des Sciences, General Physics Section
Awards and distinctions
- 1901 : Saintour Prize (Collège de France)
- 1907 : Hughes Prize (Académie des Sciences)
- 1946 : Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
- 1948 : National funeral, ashes transferred to the Pantheon
