Édouard Branly

Édouard Branly
Born
Édouard Eugène Désiré Branly

(1844-10-23)23 October 1844
Amiens, Picardy, Kingdom of France
Died24 March 1940(1940-03-24) (aged 95)
Paris, French Third Republic
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Known forInventing the coherer
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsInstitut catholique de Paris

Édouard Eugène Désiré Branly (/ˈbrænli/, BRAN-lee; French: [edwaʁ bʁɑ̃li]; 23 October 1844 – 24 March 1940) was a French physicist and inventor known for his early involvement in wireless telegraphy and his invention of the coherer in 1890.