Jules Andrade

Jules Frédéric Charles Andrade (4 September 1857, Paris – 25 February 1933, Brighton near Cayeux-sur-Mer) was a French physicist, mathematician and horologist. He won the Poncelet Prize for 1917.[1]

Career

After graduation from l’École polytechnique and military service in the artillery, he became a professor at the University of Rennes and later at the University of Montpellier.[2] On 3 June 1899 he was an expert witness for Alfred Dreyfus in the famous trial during the Dreyfus Affair. He was a professor for 26 years at the Institut de Chronométrie at the University of Besançon. Andrade did research related to mechanical clocks.[3][4]

Works

References

  1. "Séance du 19 décembre". Le Moniteur scientifique du Doctor Quesneville: 47–48. February 1905.
  2. Léon Lecornu: Notice nécrologique sur Jules Andrade. In: Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences (1933), T196(12), p. 56.
  3. G. A. Berner: Illustriertes Fachlexikon der Uhrmacherei, Stichwort Andrade, Jules
  4. Jules Andrade auf Watch-Wiki.org


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