Claude, Georges, 1870-1960

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Dates:
Birth 1870-09-24
Death 1960-05-23
French,
French,

Biographical notes:

Georges Claude, inventor, physicist, and businessman, founder of the Air Liquide Company. André Claude, his cousin, worked as a research engineer for, and later was president , of the Claude-Paz & Sylva Neon Lighting Company.

From the description of Papers (dealing mainly with neon lighting) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81639709

George Claude, inventor, physicist and businessman, founder of the Air Liquide Company. A staunch nationalist during the 1930s, member of the Action Française, candidate for legislative elections, he notoriously endorsed Hitler's Germany during and after the invasion of France, and was condemned to life imprisonment in 1945.

From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77849779

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Subjects:

  • Argon
  • Cryogenics
  • Electricity
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescent lighting
  • Gases
  • Helium
  • Research, Industrial
  • Krypton
  • Liquid air
  • Luminescence
  • Neon
  • Neon lighting
  • Politics
  • Terrestrial heat flow
  • Welding

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Places:

  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)