Lucien Poincaré (22 July 1862 – 9 March 1920) was a French physicist.

Biography

Poincaré was born at

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July 22, 1862. After a distinguished academic career he became in succession inspector general of physical science in 1902, director of secondary education at the Ministry of Public Instruction in 1910, director of higher education in 1914 and rector of the Academie de Paris in 1917. In that capacity he received President Wilson at the Sorbonne on the occasion of his visit to

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for the

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. He was the brother of French Prime Minister

Raymond Poincaré Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré (; 20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1913 to 1920, and three times as Prime Minister of France. He was a conservative leader, primarily committed to ...

and cousin of mathematician and theoretical physicist

Henri Poincaré Jules Henri Poincaré (, ; ; 29 April 185417 July 1912) was a French mathematician, Theoretical physics, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosophy of science, philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathemati ...

. Poincaré died in Paris March 9, 1920.

Selected publications

* La physique moderne, son évolution. Paris: Flammarion, Bibliothèque de philosophie scientifique, 1906
1920 edition
** * L’Électricité. Flammarion, Bibliothèque de philosophie scientifique, 1907
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* Éducation, Science, Patrie. Flammarion, Bibliothèque de philosophie scientifique, 1926.

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* * * Academic staff of the University of Paris École Normale Supérieure alumni 1862 births 1920 deaths People from Bar-le-Duc Members of the Institute for Catalan Studies Lycée Louis-le-Grand teachers {{France-academic-bio-stub