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Jacques Curie

French physicist and professor

b. 1856 CE – d. 1941 CE World The Atlantic Lands

Paul-Jacques Curie (October 29, 1856 – 1941) is a French physicist and professor at the University of Montpellier.

He and his brother, Pierre Curie, study pyroelectricity in the 1880s, leading to their discovery of some of the mechanisms behind piezoelectricity.

Moran, J. (2017). Jacques Curie. History Atlas. Retrieved 24 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/jacques-curie/

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