Augustin-Jean Fresnel

Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light, fully supplanting Newton's corpuscular theory, from the late 1830s  until the end of the 19th century.

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Who was born first?

• Augustin-Jean Fresnel and William Henry Smyth were born the same year
• Augustin-Jean Fresnel and Jean-Victor Poncelet were born the same year
• Augustin-Jean Fresnel and Antoine César Becquerel were born the same year
• Augustin-Jean Fresnel and Leopold Gmelin were born the same year
• Augustin-Jean Fresnel and Carl Reichenbach were born the same year

Timeline

1. Antoine César BecquerelMarch 7, 1788 – January 18, 1878
2. Augustin-Jean Fresnel (this page)May 10, 1788 – July 14, 1827
3. Carl ReichenbachFebruary 12, 1788 – January 19, 1869
4. Jean-Victor PonceletJuly 1, 1788 – December 22, 1867
5. Leopold GmelinAugust 2, 1788 – April 13, 1853
6. William Henry SmythJanuary 21, 1788 – September 1865

Related

• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716