Henri Victor Regnault
Also recorded as Henri-Victor Regnault · V. Regnault
Henri Victor Regnault
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- Born
- 1810 · Aachen.
- Died
- 1878 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- physicist · chemist · engineer · photographer · professor · university teacher · physician
- Fields
- chemistry · organic chemistry · physics · thermal property
- Education
- École polytechnique · Mines ParisTech
- Honours
- Copley Medal · Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order · Rumford Medal · Matteucci Medal · Foreign Member of the Royal Society · 72 names on the Eiffel Tower
- Languages
- French
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · Getty Union List of Artist Names
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Biography
Biography
Henri Victor Regnault studied at École polytechnique and Mines ParisTech. Hippolyte Fizeau is recorded as having studied under Henri Victor Regnault. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is chemistry, organic chemistry and physics. Residence is recorded at Aachen. Employment is recorded with Collège de France. Positions recorded include president and director. Work by Henri Victor Regnault is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and J. Paul Getty Museum. Distinctions recorded are Copley Medal, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Rumford Medal and Matteucci Medal.
Documentary record
Henri Victor Regnault appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a physicist, chemist, photographer, physician, amateur, scientist and director (21 July 1810 – 19 January 1878). Henri Victor Regnault was born in Aachen, Germany, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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1810
Henri Victor Regnault was born on 21 July 1810.
1840
Recorded as member of: French Academy of Sciences.
1841
Recorded as employer: Collège de France.
1848
Recorded as member of: Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
1848
Receives Rumford Medal.
1852
Recorded as member of: Royal Society.
1852
Receives Foreign Member of the Royal Society.
1853
Recorded as member of: Academy of Sciences of Turin.
1853
Recorded as member of: Pontificia Accademia dei Nuovi Lincei.
1853
Receives Commander of the Legion of Honour.
1854
Recorded as position held: president.
1854
Recorded as position held: director.
1865
Recorded as member of: National Academy of Sciences.
1869
Receives Copley Medal.
1870
Recorded as member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
1875
Receives Matteucci Medal.
1878
Dies at Paris.
1878
Henri Victor Regnault died on 19 January 1878.
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Aachen
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Paris.
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Writings and published texts
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13 editions carry dates between 1847 and 1979
The run opens with Relation des expériences enterprises and closes with Victor Regnault, 1810-1878
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Relation des expériences enterprises
1847
Recherches chimiques sur la respiration des animaux des diverses classes
1849
Lehrbuch der Chemie
1850
On the dynamical theory of heat
1851
Schule der Chemie
1851
Cours elementaire de chimie
1851
Cours ©♭l©♭mentaire de chimie
1851
Elements of chemistry for the use of colleges, academies, and schools
1860
Rapport sur les comparaisons qui ont été faites à Paris en 1859 et 1860 de plusieurs kilogrammes en platine et en laiton avec le kilogramme prototype en platine des Archives impériales
1861
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Institutional memberships
Regnault is recorded as a member of Royal Society (from 1852), Société Philomathique de Paris, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences (from 1840), Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences (from 1848), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (from 1865), Academy of Sciences of Turin (from 1853), Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, Pontificia Accademia dei Nuovi Lincei (from 1853) and Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (from 1870). Membership is stated by the bodies' own records and is not read here as evidence of office or of any particular role within them.
Documentary record
Henri Victor Regnault was born on 21 July 1810 and died on 19 January 1878 in Paris, 16th arrondissement.
Honours and awards
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Honours and awards
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7 honours stand against the name
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
72 names on the Eiffel Tower
Rumford Medal
1848
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1852
Commander of the Legion of Honour
1853
Copley Medal
1869
Matteucci Medal
1875
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q311115: Henri Victor RegnaultWikimedia Foundation
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Henri Victor Regnault studied at École polytechnique and Mines ParisTech. His recorded influences include Justus von Liebig. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Henri Victor Regnault is recorded with the occupation university teacher.
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