Born on January 23, 1872, in Paris. Died on December 19, 1946.
Education and Professional Career
- 1888–1891: School of Physics and Chemistry of the City of Paris
- 1892: Bachelor of Science in Physics
- 1894–1897: École Normale Supérieure
- 1897: Agrégé in Physical Sciences
- 1898: Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
- 1901–1903: Laboratory Assistant at the Physics Teaching Laboratory at the Sorbonne
- 1902: Doctor of Physical Sciences
- 1903–1905: Assistant to Pierre Curie at the School of Physics and Chemistry
- From 1905: Professor at the School of Physics and Chemistry
- From 1906: Member of the Board of the French Physical Society
- From 1907: Member of the Board of the International Society of Electricians
- From 1908: Director of Studies at the School of Physics and Chemistry
- 1905–1933: Lecturer at the École Normale Supérieure de Sèvres
- 1909–1946: Professor at the Collège de France, holding the chair in General and Experimental Physics
- 1946: Honorary Professor at the Collège de France
Learned Societies and Academies
- Member of the Academies of Rome, Prague, and Göttingen; the Royal Society of London; and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
- 1934: Member of the French Academy of Sciences, General Physics Section
Awards and Honors
- 1901: Saintour Prize (Collège de France)
- 1907: Hughes Prize (Academy of Sciences)
- 1946: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
- 1948: State funeral; ashes interred at the Panthéon