Jacques Friedel
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Jacques Friedel FMRS (born February 11, 1921 Paris
Paris
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) is a French physicist and material scientist.

Life

His great-grand father Charles Friedel
Charles Friedel
Charles Friedel was a French chemist and mineralogist. A native of Strasbourg, France, he was a student of Louis Pasteur at the Sorbonne...

 was an organic chemist and crystallographer at Paris-Sorbonne University, his grand-father Georges Friedel
Georges Friedel
Georges Friedel was a French mineralogist and crystallographer.- Life :Georges was the son of the famous chemist Charles Friedel...

 worked on liquid crystals, and his father Edmond Friedel was the director of the National School of Mines from 1937 to 1965.

He studied at the Ecole polytechnique
École Polytechnique
The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program...

 from 1944 to 1946, and the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris
École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris
The École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris was created in 1783 by King Louis XVI in order to train intelligent directors of mines. It is one of the most prominent French engineering schoolsThe École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (also known as Mines ParisTech, École des Mines de...

 from 1946 to 1948. He graduated from the University of Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...

 with a Licence ès sciences degree in 1948, then studied at the Metallurgy Laboratory of the School of Mines with Charles Crussard.
He graduated from Bristol University with a PhD in 1952 where he studied with Nevill F. Mott, and a Doctorat d'Etat
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...

 in Paris in 1954..

He was assistant professor at Paris-Sorbonne University in 1956, then full professor of Solid State Physics at Paris-Sud 11 University
Paris-Sud 11 University
University of Paris-Sud or University of Paris-Sud or University of Paris XI is a French university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburb of Paris...

 from 1959 to 1989. He authored more than 200 journal articles.

He was the President of the Société française de physique, the European Physical Society
European Physical Society
The European Physical Society is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote physics and physicists in Europe. Formally established in 1968, its membership includes the national physical societies of 41 countries, and some 3200 individual members. The Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft,...

, and the French Academy of Sciences
French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research...

 from 1992 to 1994.

He has been awarded the gold medal of the French CNRS in 1970, elected as a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences commonly refers to the academy in the United States of America.National Academy of Sciences may also refer to :* National Academy of Sciences of Argentina* Armenian National Academy of Sciences...

, and the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...

.

Works

  • Les dislocations (Paris, Gauthier Villars, 1956, 2nd ed. Dislocations, Pergamon, 1964)

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