10 Facts About Jacques Friedel

Jacques Friedel ForMemRS was a French physicist and material scientist.

Jacques Friedel studied at the Ecole Polytechnique from 1944 to 1946, and the Ecole nationale superieure des mines de Paris from 1946 to 1948.

Jacques Friedel graduated from the University of Paris with a Licence es sciences degree in 1948, then studied at the Metallurgy Laboratory of the School of Mines with Charles Crussard.

Jacques Friedel graduated from the University of Bristol with a PhD in 1952, where he studied with Nevill Francis Mott, and a Doctorat d'Etat in Paris in 1954.

Jacques Friedel was assistant professor at Paris-Sorbonne University in 1956, then full professor of Solid State Physics at the University of Paris-Sud where he co-founded the Laboratory of Solid State Physics.

Jacques Friedel was the president of the Societe francaise de physique, the European Physical Society, and the French Academy of Sciences from 1992 to 1994.

Jacques Friedel was a fellow of American Physical Society and fellow of European Physical Society.

Jacques Friedel received in 1964 the Holweck Prize and in 1988 the Von Hippel Award.

Jacques Friedel was appointed a Knight of the Legion d'Honneur, promoted to Officer and subsequently to Commander on 31 March 1989 and to Grand Officer on 30 December 1995.

Jacques Friedel was promoted to Grand Cross on 14 July 2013.