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Jacques Curie

Paul-Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic (died 1941)

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Born
October 29, 1855
Died
February 19, 1941
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1855

About Jacques Curie

Jacques Curie was a French physicist and professor of mineralogy at the University of Montpellier. Along with his younger brother, Pierre Curie, he studied pyroelectricity in the 1880s, leading to their discovery of some of the mechanisms behind piezoelectricity. The Curie–von Schweidler law refers to the response of dielectric material to the step input of a direct current (DC) voltage first observed by Jacques Curie and Egon Ritter von Schweidler. Jacques Curie (29 October 1855 – 19 February 1941) was a French physicist and professor of mineralogy at the University of Montpellier. In 1883, Jacques Curie was appointed professor of mineralogy at the University of Montpellier. The major legacy of Jacques Curie is the discovery of the piezoelectric effect with his brother Pierre in 1880.

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Jacques Curie timeline

  1. Jacques Curie (29 October 1855 – 19 February 1941) was a French physicist and professor of mineralogy at the University of Montpellier.
  2. The major legacy of Jacques Curie is the discovery of the piezoelectric effect with his brother Pierre in 1880.
  3. In 1883, Jacques Curie was appointed professor of mineralogy at the University of Montpellier.

The world when Jacques Curie was born

Jacques Curie was born in 1855. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1855

  • Best-selling bookLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineBleeding Kansas — pro and anti-slavery violence
  • Technology milestoneBessemer steel process invented
  • World population~1.35B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin Pierce
  • U.S. population26.4M

1855 versus 2026

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Measure18552026
Population26.4M341 million

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