- Alfred-Marie Liénard
Alfred-Marie Liénard (* April 2, 1869 in
Amiens ; † April 29, 1958 inParis ), was a Frenchphysicist andengineer . He is most well known for his invention of theLiénard-Wiechert Potentials .From 1887-1889 Liénard was a student at the
École Polytechnique and from 1889-1892 at the École des mines de Paris. From 1892-1895 he was amining engineer inValencia ,Marseille , andAngers . From 1895-1908 he was Professor at the École des Mines de Saint-Étienne and from 1908-1911 he was Proffessor of electrical engineering at the École des mines de Paris. InWorld War I he served in theFrench Army .Liénard worked in the fields of
electricity ,magnetism , andmechanics . In 1898 (and two years after himEmil Wiechert ), he derived what is now called theLiénard-Wiechert Potentials . He also investigated problems related to theelasticity and strength ofmaterials , and wrote papers onthermodynamics andhydrodynamics .Liénard was a commander of the
Légion d'honneur . He was also vice-president of theSociété Française des Électriciens and he was president of theSociété Mathématique de France .References
*Citation
author=Marc Jouguet
title=La vie et l'oeuvre scientifique de Alfred-Marie Liénard
journal=Exposé fait en séance mensuelle de la Société française des Electriciens, le 4 décembre
year=1958
url=http://www.annales.org/archives/x/lienard.htmlExternal links
*Annales.org: [http://www.annales.org/archives/x/lienard.html Alfred-Marie Liénard]
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