Born: 24-Oct-1932
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 18-May-2007
Location of death: Orsay, France
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist

Nationality: France
Executive summary: Molecular structure of polymers

Military service: French Navy

Wife: (three children)

    University: École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France (1955)
    Professor: Orsay Liquid Crystals Group, University of Paris (1961-71)
    Professor: Collège de France (1971-)

    Nobel Prize for Physics 1991
    Wolf Prize in Physics 1990 (with David J. Thouless)
    Matteucci Medal 1987
    Royal Society
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    National Academy of Sciences

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Les palmes de M. Schutz (9-Apr-1997)

Author of books:
The Physics of Liquid Crystals (1974)

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