Jean Claude Eugène Péclet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French physicist
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Place of Birth: Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Jean Claude Eugène Péclet
- Jean Claude Eugène Péclet (10 February 1793 – 6 December 1857) was a French physicist. He was born in Besançon, France. Péclet became, in 1812, one of the first students of the École Normale in Paris with Gay-Lussac and Dulong being his professors.
- In 1816, he was elected professor at the Collège de Marseille and taught physical sciences there until 1827.
- Being nominated maître de conférences (tenured position) at the École Normale Supérieure, he returned to Paris.
- In 1829, he became a professor of physics at the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures that was being founded by the businessman Alphonse Lavallée, by Péclet, and by two other scientists, Jean-Baptiste Dumas and Théodore Olivier.
- His salary was then 3000 Francs per year, plus a share of the profits of this private engineering school.
- In 1840, Péclet became inspecteur général de l'instruction publique. The Péclet number is named after him.
- He was Coriolis's brother-in-law. He died in Paris.
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