Bernard Lyot

Bernard Lyot
Born(1897-02-27)27 February 1897
Paris, France
Died2 April 1952(1952-04-02) (aged 55)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityFrench
CitizenshipFrance
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Known forSolar astronomy
Coronagraph
Lyot depolarizer
Lyot filter
Lyot stop
AwardsLalande Prize (1928)
Prix Jules Janssen (1932)
Howard N. Potts Medal (1942)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1939)
Henry Draper Medal (1951)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy

Bernard Ferdinand Lyot (27 February 1897 in Paris – 2 April 1952 in Cairo) was a French astronomer.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Tubidy