Georges FriedelDied 11 Dec 1933 at age 68 (born 19 Jul 1865).French crystallographer who formulated basic laws concerning the external morphology and internal structure of crystals. He was the son of Charles Friedel (1832-99), French mineralogist and organic chemist. He recognized, in 1892, that liquid crystals had three types of organisation (mesophases). In 1893, he became professor at the National School of the Mines in Saint-Etienne. After WW I, he moved to the University of Strasbourg. Illness caused his premature retirement in 1930. |
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