Henri Victor Regnault

Henri Victor Regnault 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.

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Who was born first?

• Henri Victor Regnault and Ernst Kummer were born the same year
• Henri Victor Regnault was born 1 year before Urbain Le Verrier
• Henri Victor Regnault was born 1 year after James Glaisher
• Henri Victor Regnault was born 1 year after Joseph Liouville
• Henri Victor Regnault was born 1 year before Carlo Matteucci

Timeline

1. James GlaisherApril 7, 1809 – February 7, 1903
2. Joseph LiouvilleMarch 24, 1809 – September 8, 1882
3. Ernst KummerJanuary 29, 1810 – May 14, 1893
4. Henri Victor Regnault (this page)July 21, 1810 – January 19, 1878
5. Carlo MatteucciJune 20, 1811 – June 24, 1868
6. Urbain Le VerrierMarch 11, 1811 – September 23, 1877

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• 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