Edouard Sarasin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss physicist (1843-1917)
Date of Birth: 20-May-1843
Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Date of Death: 22-Jul-1917
Profession: physicist
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Edouard Sarasin
- Edouard Sarasin (20 May 1843 – 22 July 1917) was an independent scientist in Geneva.
- Born in a wealthy family, he established a private laboratory where he collaborated with other researchers.
- His studies included those on the properties of waves, resonance, radiowaves, radiation and geophysics.
- Sarasin came from a family of French descent who had settled in Geneva in the early sixteenth century.
- Sarasin studied physics at Paris, Heidelberg and Berlin and in 1867 he established a private laboratory on rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, and worked with other collaborators including Auguste de la Rive (1801-1873) and his son Lucien de la Rive.
- They made studies on ionization and discharge in vacuum tubes.
- Sarasin was later also mayor of the town of Le Grand-Saconnex (1871-1916), member of the parliament of Geneva (Grand Conseil genevois), President of the Societe Helvetique and editor of the Archives des Sciences physiques et naturelles.
- Sarasin's experimental work developed on the ideas of Maxwell and Hertz on resonance and radiowave reception.
- He also conducted work on radiowaves and radio-activity, some of the work being done along with Thomas Tommasina.
- Sarasin was also interested in geophysics and conducted studies at Lake Leman on light penetration through water.
- He also studied circular polarization in quartz with Jacques-Louis Soret from 1875.
- After Soret's death, Sarasin became director of the Archive of Geneva.
- He received an honorary doctorate from the Universities of Basel in 1885 and Geneva in 1909.
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