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Georges Friedel

French crystallographer
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Georges Friedel (born July 19, 1865, Mulhouse, Fr.—died Dec. 11, 1933, Strasbourg) was a French crystallographer who formulated basic laws concerning the external morphology and internal structure of crystals. Friedel studied at the École Polytechnique and the Superior National School of Mines, where his father, the chemist Charles Friedel, was curator of the mineralogical collections. After graduation he worked as a mining engineer and then turned to teaching and research, first at the School of...

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