Catholic physicist. Born on April 4, 1826 at Jehay, Belgium; died on January 20, 1901 at Bois-Colombes, France. Invented independently, and promoted the extensive use of the ring-wound armature dynamo which another Catholic, Antonio Pacinotti had invented in 1860.
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