Léon Foucault
French physicist
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault was a French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents,... Wikipedia
Born: September 18, 1819, Paris, France
Died: February 11, 1868 (age 48 years), Paris, France
Education: University of Paris and Middle School Stanislas
Parents: Jean Léon Fortuné Foucault
Awards: Copley Medal (1855) and Fellow of the Royal Society (1864)