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Henri Abraham | |
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![]() Henri Abraham in 1935, photo by Studio Harcourt | |
Born | Paris, France | 12 July 1868
Died | 22 December 1943 | (aged 75)
Alma mater | École normale supérieure |
Known for | Multivibrator |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Paris |
Thesis | Sur une nouvelle détermination du rapport ν entre les unités C.G.S. électromagnétiques et électrostatiques (1892) |
Doctoral advisor | Jules Violle |
Henri Abraham (12 July 1868–22 December 1943) was a French physicist who made important contributions to the science of radio waves. He performed some of the first measurements of the propagation velocity of radio waves, helped develop France's first triode vacuum tube, and with Eugene Bloch invented the astable multivibrator.[1] He was murdered at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.