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Léon Foucault
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (UK: , US: ; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fuko]; 18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist who invented 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, and is credited with naming the gyroscope.
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Born
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault18 September 1819Paris, Kingdom of France
Died
11 February 1868(1868-02-11) (aged 48)Paris, Second French Empire
Awards
Copley Medal (1855)FRS (1864)
Fields
Physics
Resting place
Montmartre Cemetery
Alma mater
University of Paris