# 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.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 24 October 1932 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187224#P569))
- **Place of birth:** 16th arrondissement of Paris ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187224#P19))
- **Died:** 18 May 2007 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187224#P570))
- **Place of death:** Orsay ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187224#P20))
- **Citizenship:** France ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187224#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; theoretical physicist; professor; university teacher; researcher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187224#P106))
- **Education:** Lycée Claude-Bernard; École Normale Supérieure; Lycée Saint-Louis; Les Houches School of Physics ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187224#P69))
- **Awards:** CNRS Gold medal; Nobel Prize in Physics; Wolfgang Ostwald Prize; Holweck Prize; Lorentz Medal; Wolf Prize in Physics; Harvey Prize; Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize; Matteucci Medal; Prize Louis Ancel; Onsager Medal; Humboldt Research Fellowship; Prix Ampère; Eringen Medal; honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187224#P166))

## 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.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Pierre-Gilles de Gennes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Gilles_de_Gennes) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
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- [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)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre-Gilles_de_Gennes.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes.jpg — Dominique Morisseau Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (LPEM) ESPCI Paris 10 rue Vauquelin 75005 Paris, France, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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