Maurice Françon
Maurice Françon (15 June 1913 – 11 August 1996) was a French engineer, physicist and academic. Early life Françon was born on rue de Littré in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on 15 June 1913. His father was related to the Édouard Herriot, Edouard Herriot's family and worked as an chemical engineer at the Physical Research Laboratory of the University of Paris, Sorbonne managed by Gabriel Lippmann. Françon graduated with a ''Licentiate (degree)#France, licence ès sciences physiques'' from the Faculté des Sciences de Paris. In 1938, he entered SupOptique as an engineer. During World War II, he was sent to Dunkerque in the North of France and escaped to England on a civilian ship on June 2nd, 1940. Career His graduate studies were mainly related to physiological optics. Françon was employed by the SupOptique's Laboratory at Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer. After the Nazi invasion in the Zone libre, Françon returned to Paris on Boulevard Pasteur and began to write his thesis titled ''Vi ...
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