Person: Fizeau, Armand-Hippolyte-Louis

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Hippolyte Fizeau was a French physicist, best known for measuring the speed of light.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 23 September 1819, Paris, France. Died 18 September 1896, Nanteuil-le-Haudouin, Seine-et-Marne, France.

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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive