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Noun Named Entity
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Jean bernard leon foucault
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French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868) WordNet 3.0
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IS A
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physicist
Homo sapiens
AWARD RECEIVED
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Copley Medal
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Foreign Member of the Royal Society
CAUSE OF DEATH
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multiple sclerosis
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
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France
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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Obalky knih.cz
EDUCATED AT
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Collège Stanislas de Paris
EMPLOYER
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Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
ETHNIC GROUP
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French
FAMILY NAME
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Foucault
FIELD OF WORK
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mechanics
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physics
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optics
GIVEN NAME
Bernard
Jean
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Léon
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
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French
MANNER OF DEATH
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natural causes
MEMBER OF
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Royal Society
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Russian Academy of Sciences
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French Academy of Sciences
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Prussian Academy of Sciences
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Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
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NOTABLE WORK
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Foucault pendulum
OCCUPATION
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astronomer
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physicist
PLACE OF BIRTH
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Paris
PLACE OF BURIAL
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Montmartre Cemetery
PLACE OF DEATH
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Paris
RESIDENCE
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France
SEX OR GENDER
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male
WRITING LANGUAGE
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French
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Jean bernard leon foucault

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