Memorial Page for Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (née Pierre-Gilles Robert Yves de Gennes)
French physicist
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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (* October 24, 1932 in 16th arrondissement of Paris; † May 18, 2007 in Orsay) was a french physicist. He was 74 years old. His education included Lycée Claude-Bernard, École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Saint-Louis and Les Houches School of Physics. He received 10 awards, including CNRS Gold medal, Nobel Prize in Physics. His cause of death was cancer. He was buried at Cimetière de Montrouge.
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15 EventsBorn in 16th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France
1932Prize Louis Ancel
1959Holweck Prize
1968Collège de France
1971professor · until 2007
Leiden University
1978Lorentz Chair · until 1978
Leiden University
1978Dutch extraordinary professor
CNRS Gold medal
1980Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize
1983Matteucci Medal
1987Harvey Prize
1988Lorentz Medal
1990Wolf Prize in Physics
1990Nobel Prize in Physics
1991Wolfgang Ostwald Prize
1991Died in Orsay, Île-de-France (cancer)
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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (née Pierre-Gilles Robert Yves de Gennes). Forever remembered.