André Guinier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

André Guinier

French physicist

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1911

Place of Birth: Nancy, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 03-Jul-2000

Profession: scientist, physicist, university teacher, crystallographer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

André Guinier (1 August 1911 – 3 July 2000) was a French physicist who did important work in the field of X-ray diffraction and solid-state physics.
He worked at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, then taught at the University of Paris and later at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, where he co-founded the Laboratory of Solid State Physics.
He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1971 and won the Gregori Aminoff Prize in 1985. In the field of small-angle scattering he discovered the relationship of particle size to intensity which is called Guinier's Law.
He developed the Guinier camera for use in X-ray diffraction and contributed to the development of the electron microprobe by Raymond Castaing. Together with Prof George Dawson Preston he also gives his name to the Guinier-Preston zone