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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

French physicist

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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.

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Born
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Place of birth
16th arrondissement of Paris wd
Died
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Place of death
Orsay wd
Citizenship
France wd
Occupation
physicist, theoretical physicist, professor, university teacher, researcher wd
Education
Lycée Claude-Bernard, École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Saint-Louis, Les Houches School of Physics wd

Awards wd

  • CNRS Gold medal (1980)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1991)
  • Wolfgang Ostwald Prize (1991)
  • Holweck Prize (1968)
  • Lorentz Medal (1990)
  • Wolf Prize in Physics (1990)
  • Harvey Prize (1988)
  • Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize (1983)
  • Matteucci Medal (1987)
  • Prize Louis Ancel (1959)
  • Onsager Medal
  • Humboldt Research Fellowship
  • Prix Ampère (1977)
  • Eringen Medal (1998)
  • honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke (1988)

Questions

When was Pierre-Gilles de Gennes born?
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was born on 24 October 1932 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Where did Pierre-Gilles de Gennes study?
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was educated at Lycée Claude-Bernard, École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Saint-Louis, Les Houches School of Physics.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Pierre-Gilles de Gennes · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q187224 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes.jpg by Dominique Morisseau Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (LPEM) ESPCI Paris 10 rue Vauquelin 75005 Paris, France (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 12 November 2026

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