Jean Bernard Léon Foucault
1819 - 1868
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Léon Foucault was a French mathematician and astronomer who is best known for his invention of a pendulum which demonstrates the rotation of the earth
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Léon Foucault (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1864 |
| Paris street names | Rue Foucault (16th Arrondissement) |
| Commemorated on the Eiffel Tower | |
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- Astroseti (A Spanish translation of this biography)
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