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Joseph Plateau

Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau

Belgian physicist (1801–1883).

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Occupation

Mathematician
Physicist
University Teacher
Postage Stamp Designer

Place of Birth

City of Brussels
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Dyle
Country
:
French First Republic

Place of Death

Ghent
Country
:
Belgium

Country of Citizenship

Belgium

Date of Birth

10/14/1801
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1801

Date of Death

9/15/1883
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1883

Instance Of

Human

Medical Condition

Blindness

Given Name

Joseph
Series Ordinal
:1
Antoine
Series Ordinal
:2
Ferdinand
Series Ordinal
:3

Employer

Ghent University
(1835 - 1883)
Start Time
: 1835
End Time
: 1883

Described by Source

Nordisk Familjebok
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
BEIC Digital Library
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th Edition (1885–1890)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q112792219
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:216

Member Of

Royal Society
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Göttingen Academy of Sciences
Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium

Doctoral Advisor

Adolphe Quetelet
Richard Van Rees

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Name in Native Language

Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau

Field of Work

Theoretical Physics

Educated At

University of Liège
(1822 - 1829)
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
Start Time
: 1822
End Time
: 1829
Académie Royale Des Beaux-Arts
(1814 - 1817)
Start Time
: 1814
End Time
: 1817
Jules Bordet Royal Athenaeum
(1817 - 1822)
Start Time
: 1817
End Time
: 1822

Child

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

French

Sex or Gender

Male

Family Name

Plateau

Writing Language

French

Notable Work

Plateau's Problem

Native Language

French

Award Received

Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(11/24/1870)
Point in Time
: 11/24/1870
Knight of the Order of Leopold
(1841)
Point in Time
: 1841
Officer of the Order of Leopold
(1859)
Point in Time
: 1859
Commander of the Order of Leopold
(1872)
Point in Time
: 1872

Has Works in the Collection

Het Scheepvaartmuseum

Birth Name

Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau

Academic Thesis

Student

Father

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Start Time
: 1829
End Time
: 1835
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