Maurice, 6 duke de Broglie

Maurice, 6^e duke de Broglie (born April 27, 1875, Paris—died July 14, 1960, Neuilly, France) was a French physicist who made many contributions to the study of X rays. After graduating from the École Navale (Naval School), he served as a naval officer for nine years. He turned to the physical sciences about 1904 and founded his own well-equipped laboratory at the family mansion in Paris, where he and other physicists collaborated in experimentation,...